ADMS 1000 Lecture 5: CSR Friedman

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 1000
• Professor: Peter Modir

Document Summary

When analyzing the evidence provided by both freidman and the ipcc report we must approach using the analyzation techniques provided by. This consists of considering the precision, sufficiency, representativeness, authority, as well as clarity of expression. Freidman"s primary sub claims that he uses in the rest of his article are that only people can have responsibilities. A corporation is an artificial person and in this sense may have artificial responsibilities (friedman, 1970, pg. Corporate executive are directly responsible to the owners and that they should conduct business only to their best desire which is to maximize profits. There isn"t much precision in the evidence he provides, Freidman doesn"t provide any statistics or numbers he vaguely mentions facts. He does provide some authority in the article other than himself with quotes from renowned capitalist adam smith. Freidman didn"t consider those business owners that have social responsibility. He argued that executives should conduct business with the desires of the owners.