Are corporations moral agents

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Are Corporations Moral Agents

If Hooker is correct and ethical action requires reasons, can corporations be said to act at all? Are corporations moral persons? Evaluate and discuss the ways in which Goodpaster and Matthews (Can a Corporation Have a Conscience) defend applying the concept of moral action to corporations. But if corporations have rights, mustn’t they have responsibilities?

From the book Business Ethics As Rational Choice; John Hooker MNGT Class

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