Summary of JOIE Article by Ugo Pagano, University of Siena , Italy. The full article is available on the JOIE website. The modern business corporation is one of the most powerful institutions in contemporary society, yet its origins and nature remain poorly understood. This paper argues that to make sense of what corporations are today —…
Month: April 2026
Institutional Conflicts of Interest: A Novel Functionalist Account
Summary of JOIE Article by Armin W. Schulz, Department of Philosophy, University of Kansas . The full article is available on the JOIE website Consider a corporation and its (sole current) employee / owner. It may be in the corporation’s interest to make high-quality products that last a long time, as this leads customers to stick…