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A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950The History of Corporate Social Responsibility: Towards a Comparative and Institutional Contribution

A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950: The History of Corporate Social... [The common-law joint-stock corporation was born social. The drafters of the charter of the Muscovy CompanyMuscovy Company (1555), the first English joint-stock company, had as much in mind when they explained that the company was intended to expand the “general wealth” of the kingdom. Though this was a commercial corporation trading for the private benefit of its members, the drafters also described the company as a “society” of merchantsMerchants, and so the governorGovernor and his assistants were granted authority to make by-laws “for the government, good condition and laudable rule of the said fellowship and community of MerchantsMerchants”.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950The History of Corporate Social Responsibility: Towards a Comparative and Institutional Contribution

Part of the Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Book Series
Editors: Pettigrew, William A; Smith, David Chan
Smith, David Chan; Pettigrew, William A.
A History of Socially Responsible Business, c.1600–1950 — Oct 29, 2017
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
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978-3-319-60145-8
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1 –31
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10.1007/978-3-319-60146-5_1
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[The common-law joint-stock corporation was born social. The drafters of the charter of the Muscovy CompanyMuscovy Company (1555), the first English joint-stock company, had as much in mind when they explained that the company was intended to expand the “general wealth” of the kingdom. Though this was a commercial corporation trading for the private benefit of its members, the drafters also described the company as a “society” of merchantsMerchants, and so the governorGovernor and his assistants were granted authority to make by-laws “for the government, good condition and laudable rule of the said fellowship and community of MerchantsMerchants”.]

Published: Oct 29, 2017

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