TY - T1 - A fundamentally subversive doctrine : a look at the "social responsibility of business" SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/12050 T3 - A1 - Virta, Ari A2 - PB - Y1 - 2007 LA - eng AB - The research topic of this thesis is late Milton Friedman's (1912-2006) controversial claim that if corporate officials accept a social responsibility other than to make as much money for their stockholders as possible, they yield to a fundamentally subversive doctrine that amounts to preaching pure and unadulterated socialism and undermining the basis of the free society. Logically this claim means that capitalism is a necessary condition for the existence of the free society. The aim of ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Friedman, Milton; ethics; social responsibility; corporate social responsibility; capitalism; liberalism; happiness; liberty; values -- ethics; wealth; Social and Moral Philosophy; Käytännöllinen filosofia; Praktisk filosofi N1 - PP - ER -