A Reconceptualisation of the Firm from the Perspective of the Entrepreneur

R Brown; Josephine A Fisher

A Reconceptualisation of the Firm from the Perspective of the Entrepreneur

R Brown
, Josephine A Fisher

UNE Business School

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Abstract

Firms are started for a variety of specific purposes, however, the generally accepted view is that firms exist primarily for the maximisation of shareholder value. Recent developments in the economic literature have recognised the importance of the entrepreneur in shaping and developing the firm, however this recognition appears missed in the CSR literature. We propose that a reconceptualisation of the firm from the perspective of the entrepreneur provides an alternative way to consider CSR. This approach shifts the focus of business activity from the goal of profit maximisation to achieving the purpose for which it was conceived. We suggest that this change of focus conceived identified problems with theories of CSR and is applicable to organisations of all kinds.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Papers of the 13th Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics Conference
Editors	Stephen Cohen, Karen Bland
Place of Publication	Sydney, Australia
Publisher	Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE)
Pages	1-8
ISBN (Print)	0646461974
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	AAPAE Annual Conference 2006: 13th Annual Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics Conference - University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Duration: 12 Jun 2006 → 14 Jun 2006

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Conference	AAPAE Annual Conference 2006: 13th Annual Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics Conference
City	Sydney, Australia
Period	12/06/06 → 14/06/06

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Business and Management

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Brown, R & Fisher, JA 2006, A Reconceptualisation of the Firm from the Perspective of the Entrepreneur. in S Cohen & K Bland (eds), Papers of the 13th Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics Conference. Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE), Sydney, Australia, pp. 1-8, AAPAE Annual Conference 2006: 13th Annual Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics Conference, Sydney, Australia, 12/06/06. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2280>

A Reconceptualisation of the Firm from the Perspective of the Entrepreneur. / Brown, R; Fisher, Josephine A.
Papers of the 13th Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics Conference. ed. / Stephen Cohen; Karen Bland. Sydney, Australia: Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE), 2006. p. 1-8.

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