Aplicarea conceptului de „lucru în sine” la Kant în etica afacerilor
Applying Kant’s Concept of the “Thing in Itself” to Business Ethics

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the relevance of Immanuel Kant’s concept of the “thing in itself” for contemporary business ethics. Starting from the distinction between phenomena and noumena in the Critique of Pure Reason, it argues that the noumenal perspective grounds the autonomy and dignity of persons, which must not be reduced to mere economic resources. On this basis, the paper proposes that corporate decision-making should be evaluated not only in terms of outcomes and efficiency, but also in terms of the unconditional respect for rational agents involved in business practices. Several implications for corporate governance and stakeholder relations are discussed, drawing on Kantian approaches to business ethics and stakeholder theory.

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