Organizational Chiaroscuro

Throwing Light on the Concept of Corporate Governance

Bibliographic Data

ID9890164
AuthorsNorman Jackson (Department of Management Studies, The University, Armstrong Building, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, U.K.), Pippa Carter (University of Hull)
Year1995
Volume48
Issue8
Pages875-889
Publication date1995-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001872679504800803
OpenAlexW2159705559
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited9

Corporate governance describes an apparent attempt by the corporate sector to put its house in order. Relative to a number of notorious examples of illegal or unethical corporate malpractice, corporate governance is seen as a recent, welcome and well-intentioned concern. However, rather than the universal good which it would appear to be, by reference to the work of Foucault corporate governance is disclosed as partial and interested. Far from being a new response to a contemporary problem, corporate governance is shown to have a long history, both of academic interest and of ineffectuality. Apparent differences in orientation over its history are dissolved and, via the analogy of chiaroscuro, corporate governance is shown to be just another reactive and manipulative defense of capitalism

Analogy · Business · Capitalism · Corporate communication · Corporate governance · Corporate security · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Stakeholder · Accounting · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Finance · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Regulation and Compliance Studies

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