Making corporate governance count: the fusion of ethics and economic rationality

Corporate governance codes extensively appeal to ethical standards of conduct. Rather than being articulated alongside economic axioms, ethical and moral precepts are intertwined within neo-classical economic argumentation across corporate governance standards. This paper explores the fusion between...

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Published in:Journal of management and governance 2008-05, Vol.12 (2), p.135-147
Main Author: Bhimani, Alnoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accounting/Auditing
Boards of directors
Business and Management
Business studies
Codes
Comparative analysis
Compliance
Corporate governance
Corporate responsibility
Cross-national analysis
Discourse
Economics
Ethics
Executive compensation
Governance
Industrial Organization
International
Management
Professional ethics
Rationalism
Rationality
Regulation of financial institutions
Social responsibility
Sociology
Stockholders
Studies
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Summary:Corporate governance codes extensively appeal to ethical standards of conduct. Rather than being articulated alongside economic axioms, ethical and moral precepts are intertwined within neo-classical economic argumentation across corporate governance standards. This paper explores the fusion between ethics and modern economic rationality and reflects on the scientisation of economics and ethics in academic discourse. The argument is then made that the enlistment of ethics within the epistemologically privileged posture of economics characterises corporate governance codes. The UK Combined Corporate Governance Code of 2006 is analysed to draw out the paper’s contention.
ISSN:1385-3457
1572-963X
DOI:10.1007/s10997-008-9056-7