La aplicación restringida de Rawls en la ética de la empresa: una concepción política de la teoría de los stakeholders y de la moralidad de los mercados

this paper argues that rawls' principles of justice provide a normative foundation for stakeholder theory. the principles articulate (at an abstract level) citizens' rights; these rights create interests across all aspects of society, including in the space of economic activity; and therefore, stakeholders -as citizens- have legitimate interests in the space of economic activity. rawls work therefore presses us to ground questions of business ethics in political philosophy: stakeholder rights and interests (which are citizens' rights and interests in the economic context) are protected at the institutional level and are not to be determined by managers or corporations.