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Dr. John Bishop
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Professor
Trent University
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Rights and responsibilities of for-profit corporations, Ethics, Rights theories, Theories of the firmPhilosophicalHuman rights, Rawls, Stockholder theory
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Current Research Projects:
The possibility of deriving a theory of normative business ethics from the analysis of the ethical legitimacy of economic structures, especially widely-held for-profit corporations.
The morally legitimate rights of for-profit corporations, especially the derivative rights arguments for the rights of for-profit corporations.
The political rights of for-profit corporations, including lobbying, political contributions, advising governments, political threats, etc. (probably using an actual social contracts approach).
Specific rights of for-profit corporations; especially the right to bear arms, and the right to free speech.
To explain and justify a practical principle usable by corporations and others to determine the scope and extent of corporate human rights obligations.
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