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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorBrink, H.H.A. van den
dc.contributor.advisorPhilips, J.P.M.
dc.contributor.authorTümer, Y.I.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-08T17:00:31Z
dc.date.available2015-07-08T17:00:31Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/20314
dc.description.abstractCorporate 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.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.format.extent1550275
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleGovernance Codes: A Compass for Good Behaviour?
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsCorporate Governance, Governance Codes, Responsible Behaviour, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Ethics of Care, Discourse Theory
dc.subject.courseuuWijsbegeerte


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