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Title:Capitalism, Morality & Markets
Author:Brian Griffiths, Robert A Sirico & Norman Barry, Frank Field
ISBN:0255364962 : 9780255364966
Format:Paperback
Weight: .111 Kg.
Published:Institute of Economic Affairs - April 2001
List Price: 7.5 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:ECONOMICS: Business ethics


In 2000 the Institute began a series of lectures, endowed by Michael Novak and the John Templeton Foundation, entitled the Templeton Forum on Markets and Morality. The four papers given in the first series, and revised by the authors, are included in this volume. Brian Griffiths considers the business corporation as a moral community, concluding that 'an independent moral standard is not only something which is good in itself but is also in the interests of shareholders and employees'. Robert A. Sirico argues that the accomplishments of business directly help to advance social prosperity, health and human welfare. Norman Barry contends that the market system is 'morally self-sufficient...and develops its own codes of conduct'. Ethical conduct requires companies simply to follow rules and conventions which make for long-run success. Frank Field discusses the provision of a minimum income in retirement which, in his view, cannot be achieved by markets alone.