Hegel’s Moral Corporation

Thomas Klikauer is Senior Lecturer of Human Resources and Management at University of Western Sydney, Australia. His research interests include ethics at work and management, and his publications include Management at Work, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) and Management Communication: Communicative Ethics and Action (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

• 1 Introduction: Hegel's Philosophy of Corporations 2 Modern Corporations and Moral Corporations 3 The Morality of Management Studies 4 Corporations and Hegel's Ethical Institutions 5 The Morality of Corporate Relationships 6 Corporate Governance and Sittlichkeit 7 Corporate Governance: Rationality and Morality 8 Corporations and Sittlichkeit 9 Conclusion: The Moral Corporation 10 Bibliography

“In his book, Hegel’s Moral Corporation, Thomas Klikauer contrasts Hegel’s corporations with modern ones. … Another aim of the book is to introduce Hegel’s social and political philosophy to managers and management students … . for students and scholars of management, Hegel’s Moral Corporation provides a good introduction to Hegel’s conception of Civil Society in general and his idea of corporations in particular.” (Onur Erdal Kökerer, Marx and Philosophy Reviews, marxandphilosophy.org.uk, December, 2016)“Klikauer’s project is important, as he may be the first scholar to have given sustained attention to the relevance of Hegelian ethics to business ethics. … Klikauer’s book is important reading for all concerned with seeing an expansion of business ethics, in both theory and practice, as it presents us with a compelling vision for a truly ethical and economically viable corporation.” (Sybol Anderson, Journal of Business Ethics, November, 2016)