Irving Fisher fue uno de los más importantes economistas norteamericanos de la primera mitad del siglo XX. Hizo aportaciones muy relevantes sobre la teoría monetaria, los ciclos económicos y las políticas estabilizadoras. En este artículo se resumen su vida, sus ideas y sus propuestas de...

La ética no es un añadido para directivos concienciados en empresas con éxito, sino una necesidad, porque forma parte de la tarea misma de dirigir. Este artículo parte de qué es la ética, qué es una empresa y qué es dirigir una organización para mostrar por qué la ética es necesaria:...

Although virtue ethics has gained a firm presence in the theory and practice of corporate management, humility is not ranked as one the chief virtues in the business world. This is probably due to an incomplete or incorrectly focused view of what it means to be a humble person, why a good...

En las sociedades modernas, pocas instituciones tienen una influencia mayor que las empresas. Este trabajo es una amplia introducción al papel de las empresas como transformadoras de la sociedad, que empieza por su dimensión económica, pero que se refleja también en otras, de carácter...

The labour market is both a market and a "social institution". But what do we mean by that? In the first part of this article we analyse different interpretations of the labour market's "social" dimension, starting with the versions postulated by economists and ending with those that invoke...

The new economy is a technological revolution involving the information and communication technologies which affects almost all aspects of the economy, business, and our personal lives. The problems it raises for businesses are not radically new, least of all from an ethical viewpoint. However,...

Studies on ethical funds have usually focused on how to establish criteria for choosing stock in which to invest, which are the most commonly used criteria, ethical funds' relative return, the unique features of their management, etc. In contrast, this paper focuses on deeper dimensions of the...

The concept of the common good occupied a relevant place in classical social, political and economic philosophy. After losing ground in the Modern age, it has recently reappeared, although with different and sometimes confusing meanings. This paper is the draft of a chapter of a Handbook; it...

Can Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provide new arguments to "humanize" the theory of the firm and the management profession? Several arguments (the legal, ethical, social and business cases) have contributed to the discussion of why companies should be socially responsible. In this paper...

Traditionally, the Social Doctrine of the Church was founded on principles and virtues. Then, the Encyclical Letter Caritas in veritate introduced the "logic of gift" and the "principle of gratuitousness" as essential ingredients of economic life. In contrast, the traditional theory of the firm,...