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Incorporating the Corporation in Citizenship: A Response to Néron and Norman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Andrew Crane  and
Dirk Matten
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Abstract

This article presents a response to Néron and Norman’s contention that the language of citizenship is helpful in thinking about the political dimensions of corporate responsibilities. We argue that Néron and Norman’s main conclusions are valid but offer an extension of their analysis to incorporate extant streams of literature dealing with the political role of the corporation. We also propose that the perspective on citizenship adopted by Néron and Norman is rather narrow, and therefore provide some alternative ways in which corporations and citizenship might be brought together. We conclude by suggesting that, rather than simply applying the concept of citizenship to corporations, we now need to go further in exploring how corporations might play an active role in reconfiguring the whole notion of citizenship itself.

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Response Articles to Néron and Norman
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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 27 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2008

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