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Garton, Jonathan

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“…We have observed that while notions that charities are essentially of good moral standing shape public expectations of these organisations, being granted charitable status in law is not dependent upon a display of virtue (dal Pont 2014;O'Halloran 2011). Instead, protecting the 'objects' which these organisations hold in trust, while ensuring they are delivered in ways that fulfil the public benefit test, is what charity law requires (Dekker and Harding 2014;Garton 2014). We highlighted a number of issues, such as failure to pay the minimum wage (Weakley 2015b) and the use of zero-hours contracts (Bloomfield 2013), which do not sit well with the perception that charities are the conscience of society (House of Lords 2017).…”

Section: Implications For Charities and Business Corporationsmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Thus, while notions that charities are essentially virtuous and altruistic shape public expectations of how these organisations ought to behave, being granted charitable status in law is not dependent upon, and does not require, the display of virtue by organisations seeking this status (dal Pont 2014;O'Halloran 2011). Instead, protecting the 'objects' which these organisations hold in trust is at the centre of charity law (Dekker and Harding 2014;Garton 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Moral Agency in Charities and Business Corporations: Exploring the Constraints of Law and Regulation

Burt

Mansell

2017

J Bus Ethics

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For centuries in the UK and elsewhere, charities have been widely regarded as admirable and virtuous organisations. Business corporations, by contrast, have been characterised in the popular imagination as entities that lack a capacity for moral judgement. Drawing on the philosophical literature on the moral agency of organisations, we examine how the law shapes the ability of charities and business corporations headquartered in England to exercise moral agency. Paradoxically, we find that charities are legally constrained in exercising moral agency in ways in which business corporations are not. Implications for charities and business corporations are then explored.

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Section: Implications For Charities and Business Corporationsmentioning

confidence: 98%