The “question of reasonable compliance” concerns how business firms should comply with morally reasonable laws that have been democratically enacted. This article argues that, out of respect for the governing authority of democratic citizens, firms should comply with the law in accordance...

This paper argues in favor of the end user thesis, which holds that the fundamental goal of the firm is to create products and services that provide a benefit to the people who ultimately use them. The argument turns on the interest that employees have in work that is meaningful, in the sense...

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (<CitationRef CitationID="CR6">2010</CitationRef>), the US Supreme Court sharply curtailed the ability of the state to limit political speech by for-profit corporations. This new legal situation elevates the question of corporate political involvement: in what manner and to what extent is...</citationref>

This article examines the way that for-profit businesses should take into account the interests of the citizens in the liberal democratic societies in which they operate. I will show how a contractualist version of stakeholder theory identifies the relevant moral interests of both shareholders...