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Research Interests for Wayne J. Norman

Research Interests: Business Ethics, Political Philosophy


Most of Norman's recent research falls under two broad headings:

BUSINESS ETHICS
, where he has looked critically at a number of popular and quasi-academic frameworks for identifying and justifying beyond-compliance obligations (e.g. CSR, corporate citizenship, sustainability, triple bottom line, stakeholder theory...). His working hypothesis is that beyond-compliance obligations can be justified by using the same concepts and methods we use in justifying particular regulations. ("Business ethics as self-regulation".) He focuses on "ethical lobbying," and more generally on the nature of responsible conduct in business-government relations in a democratic society.

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY, where he has published extensively on nationalism, citizenship, constitutionalism, federalism, secession, and multiculturalism.

Selected Recent Publications (5 books, 75+ articles):

SELECTED BOOKS


SELECTED RECENT ARTICLES

  • W. Norman, "Is there a 'Point' to Markets? A Response to Martin," Business Ethics Journal Review 2(4): 2014: 22–28.

  • W. Kymlicka & W. Norman, Citizenship in Culturally Diverse Societies: Issues, Contexts, Concept, in Richard Bellamy and Madeleine Kennedy-Macfoy, eds, Citizenship, v. II, part 5, New York: Routledge, 2014, 41pp. (Reprinted from Kymlicka & Norman 2000).

  • W. Norman & Pierre-Yves Néron, Mondialisation économique et éthique des affaires, R. Chung and J.B. Jeangène Vilmer (eds), Éthique des relations internationales, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2013, 329-51.
  • W. Norman, “Business Ethics,” in the 10-volume International Encyclopedia of Ethics (Hugh LaFollette, editor-in-chief), New York-Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2013, pp. 652-668 (the longest-format article in the Encyclopedia).
  • W. Norman, “Stakeholder Theory,” in the International Encyclopedia of Ethics (Hugh LaFollette, editor-in-chief), New York-Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2013, pp. 5002-11.
  • W. Norman, “Whither Business Ethics,” Ethics Forum, 7/3, 2012, 31-40.
  • W. Norman, “Business Ethics as Self-Regulation: Why principles that ground regulations should be used to ground beyond-compliance norms as well,” Journal of Business Ethics, v. 102, supp. 1, 2011, pp. 43-57.
  • J. Heath, J. Moriarty, W. Norman, “Business Ethics and (or as) Political Philosophy,” Business Ethics Quarterly, 2010.
  • W. Norman, "The Financial Theory of the Firm," in J. Boatright, ed, Companion to Ethics in Finance, John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
  • W. Norman, "From Quid Pro Quo to Modus Vivendi: can legalizing secession strengthen the multinational federation?" in F. Requejo and M. Caminal, eds, Political liberalism and Multinational Democracies, London: Routledge, 2010.
  • C. MacDonald & W. Norman, “Conflicts of Interest and Professional Ethics,” in G. Brenkert & T. Beauchamp, eds, Oxford Handbook in Business Ethics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, pp. 441-470.
  • W. Norman, P. Bélanger, and C. Roux, “Recognizing Business Ethics,” Journal of Business Ethics 86/3, 2009, 257-271.
  • Pierre-Yves Néron and W. Norman, "Corporations as Citizens: Political not Metaphorical, A Reply to Critics," Business Ethics Quarterly, January 2008.
  • Pierre-Yves Néron and W. Norman, "Citizenship Inc.: Do we really want businesses to be good corporate citizens?," Business Ethics Quarterly, January 2008.
  • J. Heath and W. Norman, "Stakeholder Theory, Corporate Governance and Public Management: what can the history of state-run enterprises teach us in the post-Enron era?," Journal of Business Ethics 53, 2004: 247-265.
  • W. Norman and C. MacDonald, "Getting to the Bottom of Triple Bottom Line," Business Ethics Quarterly 14/2, 2003: 243-262.

Keywords:
Business ethics, Ethics, Ethics and compliance officers, Ethics, Business, Mass media and nationalism, Nationalism, Nationalism and collective memory, Nationalism and historiography, Nationalism and sports, Political ethics, Professional ethics
Recent Publications
  1. W. Norman, Is there a "Point" to Markets? A Response to Martin, Business Ethics Journal Review, vol. 2 no. 4 (2014), pp. 22-28, ISSN 2326-7526 [available here]

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