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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	1	4	_aHD60.5.U5 _bW55 2024
100	1		_aWilliams, Kyle Edward, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aTaming the octopus : _bthe long battle for the soul of the corporation / _cKyle Edward Williams.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024.
300			_a290 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 231-278) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
520			_a"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."--
650		0	_aSocial responsibility of business _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		7	_aSocial responsibility of business. _2fast
650		7	_aHistory. _2fast
650		0	_aCorporations _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		7	_aCorporations. _2fast
650		0	_aCapitalism _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		7	_aCapitalism. _2fast
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast
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