02974cam a2200409 i 4500 on1420357847 OCoLC 20250508091438.0 240208t20242024nyu b 001 0 eng d 9780393867237 (hardcover) IMmBT eng BLP rda BLP OCLCO YDX BDX AZH TLK JQF OCLCQ IMT AU n-us--- Alfaisal Main Library HD60.5.U5 W55 2024 Williams, Kyle Edward, author. Taming the octopus : the long battle for the soul of the corporation / Kyle Edward Williams. First edition. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2024] ©2024. 290 pages ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent. unmediated n rdamedia. volume nc rdacarrier. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-278) and index. Introduction: What is the corporation good for? -- The new princes of industry -- The single and most serious danger -- Building the city of god -- Fighting for jobs -- "A bundle of assets" -- The rise of the corporate guerrilla fighter -- Making social responsibility corporate -- "There is no such thing as a corporate responsibility" -- Nothing to ask permission for -- Conclusion: Larry Fink, president of the world. "In this vivid and surprising history, we meet activists, investors, executives, and workers who fought over a simple question: Is the role of the corporation to deliver profits to shareholders, or something more? On one side were "business statesmen" who believed corporate largess could solve social problems. On the other were libertarian intellectuals such as Milton Friedman and his oft-forgotten contemporary, Henry Manne, whose theories justified the ruthless tactics of a growing class of corporate raiders. But Williams reveals that before the "activist investor" emerged as a capitalist archetype, Civil Rights groups used a similar playbook for different ends, buying shares to change a company from within.As a rising tide of activists pushed corporations to account for societal harms from napalm to environmental pollution to inequitable hiring, a new idea emerged: that managers could maximize value for society while still turning a maximal profit. This elusive ideal, "stakeholder capitalism," still dominates our headlines today. Williams's necessary history equips us to reconsider democracy's tangled relationship with capitalism."-- Social responsibility of business United States History. Social responsibility of business. fast History. fast Corporations United States History. Corporations. fast Capitalism United States History. Capitalism. fast United States. fast Print books. local 4 lcc BOOKS 604253 604253 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-05-08 0 HD60.5.U5 W55 2024 AU00000000020707 2025-05-08 06:15:40 215.00 2025-05-08 BOOKS