Matten, DirkCrane, AndyMoon, Jeremy2019-09-252019-09-252010-02-212008http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/173904This paper looks at recent shifts in societal governance by focusing particularly on the role of private corporations in taking over or being assigned roles hitherto associated with governments. As we argue, many of the activities of corporations in response to new ethical imperatives result in activities – often labelled as corporate social responsibility – which in fact put corporations in a role rather similar to governments. We provide a descriptive framework and discuss the potential, limits and problematic implications of these shifts. The paper uses the conceptual lens of ‘citizenship’ as an established concept in political science to delineate roles and responsibilities for governments and citizens.engWith permission of the license/copyright holdercorporationsGood governanceresponsibilityPolitical ethicsEconomic ethicsGovernance and ethicsBusiness ethicsPreprint