This is the second part of a comprehensive essay on the Rawlsian view of CSR (corporate social responsibility) seen as a multistakehodler model of corporate governance. I describe the repeated game among the firms and its stakeholders so that several types of reputations, based on the full or...

By considering what we identify as a problem inherent in the ‘nature of the firm’ – the risk of abuse of authority – we propound the conception of a Social Contract Theory of the Firm which is truly Rawlsian in its inspiration. Hence, we link the Social Contract Theory of the Firm...

This is the third part of a comprehensive essay on the Rawlsian view of corporate social responsibility (CSR) seen a multi-stakeholder fiduciary model of corporate governance (see part I). A game theoretical model of the interplay between the owner (who controls the firm) and all the remaining...

This is the first part of a comprehensive essay on the Rawlsian view of corporate social responsibility (in short CSR). CSR is defined as a multi-stakeholder model of corporate governance and objective function based on the extension of fiduciary duties toward all the firm’s stakeholders. A...