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The Emergence Account (I) — The Agent-Choice Condition

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The Moral Responsibilities of Companies

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy ((PASEPP))

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I have so far described the problem of corporate responsibility and explained in more detail the nature of the commercial company. I shall now consider the conditions that must be satisfied for such a company to be held morally responsible.

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Chapple, C. (2014). The Emergence Account (I) — The Agent-Choice Condition. In: The Moral Responsibilities of Companies. Palgrave Studies in Ethics and Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137377982_3

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