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In this essay, I show how critical projects of decoloniality might help build a new humanity. I focus on the intellectual output of Chielozona Eze, arguing that, as public-service scholarship, it bears witness to the shifts occurring in contemporary decolonial thought and thus exemplifies the role the humanities can play to midwife an inclusive and empathetic global democratic culture so central to decolonial studies. My analysis aims to demonstrate how the humanities can be a tool in meeting civic needs and interests and thereby help rehabilitate modern society., The critic should weigh not only the formal merits of literary works but also their moral content, whether they offer the semblance of good character and the undermining of evil [...]

Although I share many of the doubts about corporate citizenship of Neron and Norman, I join in their constructive project both by offering friendly criticism and by suggesting that their approach be extended further than they carry it. I argue first that rather than attempting to reform the language of corporate citizenship, we support its use where the effects are positive; second, that we concentrate on the fifth of their candidates for assessment; and third, that we extend the discussion to consider what it means to be a good global citizen, and whether that is compatible with being a good citizen of a particular state.

Although the critical reconceptualization of Corporate Citizenship (CC) proposed by Neron and Norman appropriately focuses on connotations that enable us to distinguish between CC and the all-inclusive notion of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), I argue that they fail to properly account for the misguiding potential of the features of political citizenship they propose to develop further in CC theorizing. It is concluded that the notion of CC is better dispensed with altogether, and that a reorientation on concepts that can truly transcend the boundaries of economic and political organization would benefit the field of business and society.

This article presents a response to Neron and Norman's contention that the language of citizenship is helpful in thinking about the political dimensions of corporate responsibilities. We argue that Neron and Norman's main conclusions are valid but offer an extension of their analysis to incorporate extant streams of literature dealing with the political rote of the corporation. We also propose that the perspective on citizenship adopted by Neron and Norman is rather narrow, and therefore provide some alternative ways in which corporations and citizenship might be brought together. We conclude by suggesting that, rather than simply applying the concept of citizenship to corporations, we now need to go further in exploring how corporations might play an active role in reconfiguring the whole notion of citizenship itself.

Are there any advantages to thinking and speaking about ethical business in the language of citizenship? We will address this question in part by looking at the possible relevance of a vast literature on individual citizenship that has been produced by political philosophers over the last fifteen years. Some of the central elements of citizenship do not seem to apply straightforwardly to corporations. E.g., 'citizenship' typically implies membership in a state and an identity akin to national identity; but this connotation of citizenship is obviously problematic for multinational corporations. However, the language of citizenship does help to focus our attention on various legal and political virtues (or vices) for corporations--topics that have been largely neglected by discussions under other rubrics, such as CSR or sustainability. We finish with an evaluation of the potential benefits and costs of conceptualizing and talking about ethical business practices in the language of citizenship.

It is commonly believed that people have special obligations to their compatriots that are both distinct from and stronger than the general duties they owe to individuals at large. (1) [...]

Many voices today are asserting that a brave new volunteerism should be 'picking up the slack' from a public sector that is too cash-strapped to do everything we once expected [...]

The inevitable global marketplace creates a need for freer movement of labor. The question is not whether this movement will occur but how it will be implemented. This paper discusses the idea of selling citizenship rights as an alternative approach for allocating immigration and permanent residency. First presented is the rationale for using the market approach to selling citizenship. Next the political, country image, economic, and ethical implementation issues of the proposal are discussed. And last, selling citizenship is discussed in terms of ethical theory and frameworks.

The neutrality of the liberal state does not necessarily hamper the development of civic virtue among its citizens. Critics have suggested, first, that liberal neutrality supports a proceduralist view of political decision-making. Furthermore, it has been suggested that no conception of the common good can be consistent with the ideal of neutrality. Finally, critics suggest that any conception of the common good that could be articulated would be too morally demanding. These arguments against liberal neutrality are unfounded, however.

'Civil Disobedience' at 150 One hundred and fifty years ago, in a revolutionary season, Henry David Thoreau lectured at the Concord Lyceum on 'The Rights and Duties of the Individual [...]