In a previous essay (Sison and Fontrodona <CitationRef CitationID="CR8">2012</CitationRef>), we defined the common good of the firm as collaborative work, insofar as it provides, first, an opportunity to develop knowledge, skills, virtues, and meaning (work as praxis), and second, inasmuch as it produces goods and services to satisfy...</citationref>

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