Socially Responsible and Responsive Business in Seventeenth-Century England

Edmond J. Smith ()
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Edmond J. Smith: University of Kent

Chapter Chapter 3 in A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950, 2017, pp 65-93 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Seventeenth-century chartered corporations, such as the East IndiaIndia CompanyEast India Company (EIC), were designed and operated with specific social responsibilities in mind. They were expected to contribute to the commonwealth of the kingdom, in terms of both increasing the wealth of society and responding to the welfare needs of their particular constituents.

Keywords: Social Responsiveness; Hall Company; Mercial Companies; merchantsMerchants; directorsDirector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60146-5_3

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