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Among the three necessary conditions for moral agency autonomy has emerged as the most crucial condition that any theory or corporate moral agency must overcome. Autonomy is of special importance because it is only by having intentions that are independent from the corporate members that the organizational structure could potentially be the locus of moral responsibility instead of the members. It is only then that it could qualify as a principal and potentially direct corporate (non-free) agents into action.
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Rönnegard, D. (2015). Summary of Why Corporate Moral Agency Is a Fallacy. In: The Fallacy of Corporate Moral Agency. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 44. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9756-6_6
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