"The article shows how a shift in perspective results from use of the capability approach in evaluating corporate activity: instead of a narrow focus on economic development, attention is paid also to the human development dimension. The author puts forward a conception of professional development resulting from the combined exercise of different capabilities, of which she discusses three essential dimensions, namely, freedom of choice, empowerment and collective responsibility. On the basis of a case study, she analyses the forms and founding principles of collective responsibility as related to individual capabilities. She describes how these factors impact on workplace participation procedures, and outlines the principles of justice that they entail. More broadly, she shows the tensions and new challenges to trade unionism and collective action thrown up by the need to combine individual and collective voice. "

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