This article applies the concept of a ‘moral economy’ to the actions of the rich and powerful. The author focuses attention on business owners and provides a case study of a late nineteenth-century provincial businessman and his dismissal of two long-serving employees, an act which caused outrage in his community. The author questions how the morality of employment, job rights and dismissal developed subsequently and sketches developments up to the 1960s. The article then provides a more speculative discussion of the effects of changes in corporate law on corporate behaviour and suggests they have had a tendency to produce a moral irresponsibility in the behaviour of corporate officers.

Quentin Outram

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Economic and Industrial Democracy is an international peer reviewed journal that focuses on the study of initiatives designed to enhance the quality of working life through extending the democratic control of workers over the workplace and the economy. How those initiatives are affected by wider political, economic and technological factors are also of interest. Special emphasis is laid on international coverage of empirical material, including discussions of the social and economic conditions in various countries.

Economic and Industrial Democracy is an international peer-reviewed journal that focuses on studying initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality of working life by extending workers' democratic control over the workplace and the economy. The journal also examines how these initiatives are influenced by broader political, economic, and technological factors. Special emphasis is placed on the international coverage of empirical material, including discussions of the social and economic conditions in various countries.

《Economic and Industrial Democracy》是一本国际同行评审期刊，专注于研究旨在通过扩大工人对工作场所和经济的民主控制来提升工作生活质量的各种倡议。同时，期刊也关注这些倡议如何受到更广泛的政治、经济和技术因素的影响。期刊特别强调对实证材料的国际覆盖，包括对各国社会和经济状况的讨论。

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The moral economy of the rich

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