Framework

Three values of democracy

The question it answers

Is democracy a universal value, and why should global firms care?

Origin
Sen, 1999
Diagram type
Hub diagram
Level of analysis
Industry
Topics
Ethics & corporate governance
Clay balance scale with two level glass pans, icon for business ethics

Diagram

Three values of democracy

Democracy as a universal value
Intrinsic value: liberty, equality, pluralism
Instrumental value: governments must answer to people (for example famine prevention under a free press)
Constructive value: public debate helps define 'needs'
Rebuts the claim that authoritarian rule grows faster
Rebuts the claim that democracy is a Western value

Sources

References

Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.

  1. Sen, A. (1999) ‘Democracy as a universal value’, Journal of Democracy, 10(3), pp. 3–17.doi:10.1353/jod.1999.0055Source page