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The corporation in the 21st century

2025/5/12
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John Kay: 我认为商业的本质在于做好我们希望商业做好的事情，即将管理提升为一种专业活动，其目标是创造伟大的企业。伟大的企业不仅关注股东价值的最大化，更要兼顾所有利益相关者的需求，包括员工、客户、社区等。我强调，真正的商业伦理并非虚伪的道德姿态，而是要创造能够满足各方需求的卓越企业。波音和ICI的案例表明，企业若能秉持服务社会、追求卓越的理念，股东价值自然会水涨船高。反之，若一味追求短期利润，忽视企业社会责任，最终可能导致企业衰败。因此，我认为企业应重新审视自身的目标，将创造长期价值置于首位，而非仅仅追求股东利益的最大化。 John Kay: 我认为，企业社会责任不应仅仅停留在表面功夫，如发布道德声明或设立伦理部门。真正的企业社会责任应融入企业的核心价值观和日常运营中。企业应积极履行对社会和环境的责任，关注员工的福祉，提供优质的产品和服务，并与社区建立良好的关系。通过这些实际行动，企业才能赢得社会的尊重和信任，实现可持续发展。我强调，企业社会责任并非额外的负担，而是企业成功的关键因素之一。只有真正承担起社会责任的企业，才能在激烈的市场竞争中脱颖而出，赢得长期的竞争优势。

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Contributor(s): Professor Sir John Kay | Join us as John Kay, one of Britain’s leading economists, discusses his new book The Corporation in the 21st Century: Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong, a radical reappraisal of the nature and activities of business - what it is for and how it works.