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Corporate Governance and Ethics: A Feminist Perspective

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The mainstream literature on corporate governance is based on the premise of conflicts of interest in a competitive game played by variously defined stakeholders and thus builds explicitly and/or implicitly on masculinist ethical theories. This article argues that insights from feminist ethics, and in particular ethics of care, can provide a different, yet relevant, lens through which to study corporate governance. Based on feminist ethical theories, the article conceptualises a governance model that is different from the current normative orthodoxy.

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  1. Department of International Business, University of Wolverhampton Business School, Telford Campus, Priorslee, Telford, TF2 9NT, UK

    Silke Machold & Stuart S. Farquhar

  2. The Business School, Monash University Malaysia, 2 Jalan Kolej, Bandar Sunway, 46780 Kelana Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Pervaiz K. Ahmed

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Machold, S., Ahmed, P.K. & Farquhar, S.S. Corporate Governance and Ethics: A Feminist Perspective. J Bus Ethics 81, 665–678 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-007-9539-5

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