False Profits of Ethical Capital
Finance, Labour and the Politics of Risk
Seiten
2026
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-9799-3 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-9799-3 (ISBN)
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This book is a timely study of an important political economic phenomenon: ESG investing and stakeholder capitalism. This book encourages new ways of thinking about corporate responsibility and how to contest it. -- .
False profits of ethical capital is a thought-provoking approach to understanding stakeholder capitalism. Rather than focusing on the inadequacies of corporate responsibility, sustainable investment and consumer politics, this book grapples with the technical and rhetorical functions of ethical capital for profit and accumulation. It provides a unique and eclectic analysis of the political dynamics between finance, capital and labour, offering a refreshing perspective on struggles interlocking social, ecological and economic crises, and suggesting new ways of thinking about sustainability politics. -- .
False profits of ethical capital is a thought-provoking approach to understanding stakeholder capitalism. Rather than focusing on the inadequacies of corporate responsibility, sustainable investment and consumer politics, this book grapples with the technical and rhetorical functions of ethical capital for profit and accumulation. It provides a unique and eclectic analysis of the political dynamics between finance, capital and labour, offering a refreshing perspective on struggles interlocking social, ecological and economic crises, and suggesting new ways of thinking about sustainability politics. -- .
Claire Parfitt is a Lecturer in Political Economy at The University of Sydney -- .
Introduction: A more responsible and resilient capitalism?
Part I Moral economies
Chapter 1 A history of capital’s moral economies and speculation
Chapter 2 A speculative moral economy
Part II Risk and value
Chapter 3 Ethics, risk and value: the derivative logic in action
Chapter 4 Accounting for ethics: SASB and Integrated Reporting
Part III Producing ethical capital
Chapter 5 Brands and the (re)production of ethics
Chapter 6 ESG information as an ethical capital asset
Conclusion: Risky politics: Considerations in contesting ethical capital
References -- .
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Progress in Political Economy |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-9799-5 / 1526197995 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-9799-3 / 9781526197993 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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