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Nien-hê Hsieh (Harvard University) at Fordham EIB Seminar - 5/5 at 5 pm

  • 1.  Nien-hê Hsieh (Harvard University) at Fordham EIB Seminar - 5/5 at 5 pm

    Posted 04-30-2025 12:18
    Dear colleagues,
    Our final Fordham Ethics in Business Seminar this academic year will be next Monday, May 5, at 5:00 p.m. ET.
    Nien-hê Hsieh (Harvard University) will present his paper "Defending Property-Owning Democracy: Power and Pluralism."
    The seminar will be in person in our Lincoln Campus (Room 333, Lincoln Center Campus, 140 W 62nd St., New York)
    Zoom will be available for virtual attendees (please kindly RSVP here)
    Below is a short bio and abstract.
    We look forward to seeing you there!


    FORDHAM ETHICS IN BUSINESS SEMINAR SERIES
    Nien-hê Hsieh (Harvard University)
    "Defending Property-Owning Democracy: Power and Pluralism"
    Monday, May 5, 2025, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
    Room 334, Lincoln Center Campus, 140 W 62nd St. New York, 
    Please kindly RSVP here

    Abstract: 
    For liberal egalitarians, two ways have been advanced to justify the private ownership of productive capital. The first is to argue that a regime of privately owned capital is more efficient (allocative and productive) than a regime of collectively owned capital – e.g., socialism or state-owned enterprises. The second is to identify important non-economic values (e.g., liberty, dignity) that can only be, or are better, realized under a regime of privately owned capital. In this talk, I explore two additional cases for the private ownership of capital from the perspective of liberal egalitarianism. The first is grounded in the role of private capital as a countervailing power to political power. The second is grounded in the idea of economic pluralism as a good in itself that is independent from satisfying consumer preferences more efficiently.

    Bio: 

    Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aim at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He also studies what democratic values require for economic policies and institutions. Professor Hsieh has published widely in leading journals in business ethics and philosophy. Before joining Harvard, he was on the faculty at the Wharton School, where he co-directed the Wharton Ethics Program. He holds degrees from Swarthmore College, Oxford University, and Harvard University, and has held visiting fellowships at institutions including Oxford University, and the Research School for Social Sciences at the Australian National University.


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    Miguel Alzola Ph. D.
    Associate Professor of Ethics
    Fordham University