Kant And Corporate Social Responsibility

Question 1

What does Kant emphasise?

Answer 1

Duty

Question 2

Why do employers and employees have a duty towards each other

Answer 2

Because they are under a contractual agreement

Question 3

What should everyone in the business be treated as?

Answer 3

‘Ends in themselves’

Question 4

What gives everyone intrinsic worth?

Answer 4

Their ability to reason

Question 5

What are employees doing if they do not ensure a safe working environment at the expense of loosing a bit of profit?

Answer 5

Using their employees as ‘a means to an end’

Question 6

What if employees/ employers don’t respect their customers?

Answer 6

They are using them as ‘a means to an end’

Question 7

How could a business disrespect their customers?

Answer 7

By using false advertising to mislead them

Question 8

Why would Kant favour a stakeholder theory?

Answer 8

As the depersonalisation of customers and employees is wrong. Customers and employees are more important than profits