La corrupción -soborno, extorsión, chantaje, clientelismo, abuso de información privilegiada, nepotismo, favoritismo, mafias, "mercado de protección", desvío de fondos, blanqueo de dinero negro...- es motivo de preocupación para gobiernos, empresarios, particulares, organizaciones no...

The cases of corruption reported by the media tend almost always to involve a private party (a citizen or a corporation) that pays, or promises to pay, money to a public party (a politician or a public official, for example) in order to obtain an advantage or avoid a disadvantage. Because of the...

This paper is a survey of the development of the social, political, cultural and economic background of business in Spain since 1940. It aims to show how the ethical values, attitudes and problems of Spanish managers have changed in these years. First, the global evolution of this background is...

The central question posed in this paper will be how to organize board composition in order to ensure responsible corporate governance both from a CSR and a good governance perspective. Adopting a stakeholder approach to corporate governance, we analyze the arguments given by different...

Este trabajo pretende ser una historia del desempleo en España en el último cuarto del siglo XX, cuando el paro creció hasta afectar a casi una cuarta parte de la población activa. De hecho, más que una historia convencional, quiere ser una interpretación del fracaso del mercado de trabajo...

This paper uses a real-life case taken from political history and recounted by Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic. Three times in this country's history, its leaders opted for a "more realistic" solution (giving way when faced with a serious problem: invasion or insurrection) in...

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have proven to be excellent instruments for promoting a wide range of causes. But they need to adhere to strict ethical principles, which usually are embodied in voluntary codes and standards. This paper analyzes one such standard, the "Ethics. NGO...

The concept of common good occupies a prominent place in political and social philosophy, yet it has had little impact on the theory of the firm. This is despite some recent attempts to resituate the theory of the firm on broader and therefore more fruitful anthropological and social foundations...

La variedad de concepciones de lo que es una empresa tiene su reflejo en la falta de acuerdo sobre las responsabilidades sociales de la misma. En este artículo se presentan tres modelos o paradigmas de empresa, en que cada uno aporta supuestos antropológicos más completos que el anterior, lo...

La economía convencional dispone de un poderoso instrumento explicativo de la conducta humana que, a lo largo de las décadas, ha mostrado una elevada capacidad predictiva y explicativa. Como es lógico, no siendo un instrumento perfecto, también se han puesto de manifiesto sus limitaciones,...