The Moralizing Corporation (Paperback)

Over the past two decades corporations have increasingly used crises to portray themselves as institutions that fundamentally care about people and the planet, not just private wealth. Deploying ‘carewashing’ to moralize operations, they seek to obscure the social, political and environmental damage they cause.

Now such carewashing is under fire - from the left and the right. Attacks on ‘woke capitalism’, corporate philanthropy, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and sustainability have shaken the moralizing corporation . With its cross-disciplinary contributions, the book interrogates the corporate turn to and away from ‘care’, offering new insights and alternatives to the carewashing corporation.

Carl Rhodes is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Technology Sydney. He researches the ethical and democratic dimensions of business and work. Carl regularly writes for the mainstream and independent press on issues related to ethics, politics and the economy.

Marianna Fotaki is Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Warwick Business School.

Martin Parker is Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bristol and lead for the Inclusive Economy Initiative. His most recent books are 'Shut Down the Business School' (Pluto 2018) and 'Anarchism, Management and Organization' (Routledge 2020).

Joel Bakan is Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia, author of The New Corporation and a filmmaker.

Andreas Chatzidakis is Professor of Marketing and Consumer Culture at Royal Holloway University of London and co-author of 'The Care Manifesto'.