dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Brink, H.H.A. van den | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Philips, J.P.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tümer, Y.I. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-08T17:00:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-08T17:00:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/20314 | |
dc.description.abstract | Corporate Governance Codes have been developed for good governance of public and private companies. However, they do not seem to be effective as a compass for good behavior of leaders. The thesis looks for the philosophical explanation of this disappointing result. The current system functions within the given assumptions and vocabulary from a utilitarian view of human nature. The limitations of this view are discussed and compared to a different philosophical palet. The alternatives from a phenomenological and existentialist perspective and the feminist philosophy of care are proposed. They lead to a different definition of key concepts, like how we define a company, the function of economic activity in human life, the relation with the community. From there, a new existentialist definition of economic activity is created, where meaningful life is developed, and a communication based on the discours theory of Habermas offers the basis for a human anchor, a new compass. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 1550275 | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Governance Codes: A Compass for Good Behaviour? | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Corporate Governance, Governance Codes, Responsible Behaviour, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Ethics of Care, Discourse Theory | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Wijsbegeerte | |