Corporate democratic nation-building: Reflections on the constructive role of businesses in fostering global democracy

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    Abstract

    Europe finds itself in a challenging situation dominated by economic and political uncertainty, which has deep ramifications for businesses and society. The Brexit vote for the UK to leave the EU has caused a political crisis, which raises fundamental questions about the founding mission of the EU as a largescale nation-building experiment aiming at promoting democracy, peace and prosperity across Europe through an “ever closer union among the peoples of Europe”. This Reflection on Europe argues that Europe needs to establish a new democratic equilibrium and that businesses can play a fundamental constructive role to achieve this new equilibrium by actively designing core internal and external business activities to be conducive to key enabling conditions of democracy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-7
    Number of pages7
    JournalEuropean Management Journal
    Volume35
    Issue number1
    Early online date24 Dec 2016
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2017

    Keywords

    • Brexit
    • Businesses as political actors
    • Democracy
    • Nation-building
    • Political CSR

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Strategy and Management

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