@article{20.500.12766/608,
year = {2024},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12766/608},
abstract = {In the context of business, interactions between individuals generate social systems that emerge anywhere within a corporation
or in its relations with external agents. These systems infuence the behaviors of individuals and, as a result, the collective
actions we usually attribute to corporations. Social systems thus make a diference in processes of action that are often
morally evaluated by internal and external agents to the frm. Despite this relevance, social systems have not yet been the
object of specifc attention in the literature on moral agency in business. To fll this gap, I construct a theoretical framework
based on Luhmann’s ideas on social systems and morality. In particular, I argue that morality is a phenomenon that occurs
in communication, and an agent can engage in morality in three diferent ways (as a moral factor, an expressive moral agent,
or a refective moral agent) depending on the functions it plays in communicative interactions. Based on this framework, I
argue that social systems in business can be considered moral agents of those types.},
publisher = {Springer},
title = {Social Systems as Moral Agents: A Systems Approach to Moral Agency in Business},
doi = {10.1007/s10551-024-05677-0},
journal = {Journal of Business Ethics},
keywords = {Social systems},
keywords = {Morality},
keywords = {Moral factor},
keywords = {Expressive moral agency},
keywords = {Refexive moral agency},
author = {López de Pedro, José María},
}