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Ethical Considerations: Corporate Social Responsibility And The 21st Century, Joan Macleod Heminway, Irma S. Russell
Ethical Considerations: Corporate Social Responsibility And The 21st Century, Joan Macleod Heminway, Irma S. Russell
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This chapter provides perspectives on the balance of professional and personal ethical considerations that lawyers must achieve to deal effectively and ethically with the conundrums they face in their representation of business clients. This task requires consideration of both issues that some might regard as isolated (or at least mundane and local) and, at the same time, issues that are global and existential—critical to the survival of our species. Although the focus is on the role of lawyers, the challenges con- fronted by lawyers and the rules governing their conduct also inform the ethical responsibilities and role of nonlawyers.
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