Corporate Retirement Security: Social and Ethical Issues

How are workers in the United States to secure sufficient funds to make possible a retirement income that is in some essential way consistent with their expectations and their lifetime of achievements? Public policy debate over the topic of corporate retirement – a complex and hotly contested aspect of the larger U.S. retirement income system – continues to illustrate U.S. society’s widespread disagreement over the most fundamental facets of employment in general.

Contributors to this timely volume, edited by renowned business ethicist Robert W. Kolb, embrace a wide range of backgrounds: from business scholars and ethicists, philosophers, attorneys, and business consultants to corporations struggling with the problems of managing their retirement programs in an era of rapid change. The articles, all of which were written for this volume, offer diverse perspectives at the core of the very real issues involved in the employer–employee relationship, central to the social organization of work and the enjoyment of a comfortable and meaningful retirement.