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On the Good Old Days

By Intellectual Property Law, Esq.

In response to Halsey Minor's musings on the decline of corporate ethics, Terry Martin emails:

"I guess Mr. Minor never read Reinhold Niehbuhr, Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932). Niehbuhr?s principle thesis is that '? a sharp distinction must be drawn between the moral and social behavior of individuals and of social groups, ...' [p. xi] 'What is lacking among ? moralists ? is an understanding of the brutal character of the behavior of all human collectives, ? the stubborn resistance of group egoism to all moral and inclusive social objectives?.' [p. xx]

"According to Niehbuhr, corporations have always had a difficult time being ethical. Minor?s view of history is perhaps a bit romantic."

Full post as published by The Art Law Blog on June 23, 2010 (boomark / email).