Do not miss this ordonomic reply to our critics: Why social contract theory favors commercial over cooperative platforms in the sharing economy

Stefan Hielscher, Sebastian Everding and Ingo Pies

No 2025-05, Discussion Papers from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Chair of Economic Ethics

Abstract: This discussion paper responds to the critique of our 2022 article "Ordo-Responsibility in the Sharing Economy: A Social Contracts Perspective" published in Business Ethics Quarterly. Ghirlanda and Sacconi (2024) argue that a properly understood version of constitutional contractarianism would favor platform cooperatives over commercial platforms. We respectfully disagree. Drawing on the ordonomic framework and Buchanan's contractarianism, we argue that commercial platforms provide a more efficient and legitimate governance model. Our reply addresses key methodological misunderstandings of social contract theory and substantiates our position with conceptual reasoning and empirical insights.

Keywords: Ordonomics; Sharing Economy; Platform Cooperatives; Commercial Platforms; Governance; Constitutional Contractarianism; Social Contract Theory; Ordo-Responsibility; Theory Competition; Ordonomik; Sharing Economy; Plattformgenossenschaften; Kommerzielle Plattformen; Governance; Konstitutioneller Kontraktualismus; Gesellschaftsvertragstheorie; Ordnungsverantwortung; Theorienwettbewerb (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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