Author Meets Critics—Corporations and Persons: A Theory of the Firm in Democratic Society

As part of the Fordham Ethics in Business Series, the Gabelli School of Business and Center for Ethics Education are sponsoring this exciting event.

David Silver, Ph.D., chair in business and professional ethics at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia, will be discussing his new book, Corporations and Persons: a Theory of the Firm in Democratic Society (Oxford University Press 2025), with Joanne Ciulla, Ph.D., professor and director of the Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers University, and Nicholas Tampio, Ph.D., professor of political science at Fordham. The book argues that corporations are full moral agents, with a number of responsibilities within a democratic society. It also argues that firms share responsibility for bringing us to this “authoritarian moment,” and speaks about their moral responsibilities for defending liberal democratic institutions and values when they are under threat.