Corporate governance. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sorcha MacLeod and John Parkinson.
• Other Names: MacLeod, Sorcha; Parkinson, J. E (John E.)
• Contents: Half Title Page; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; List of Contributors; 1. Corporate Governance and the Regulation of Business Behaviour; INTRODUCTION; MODEST CSR; REFORMING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; RADICAL CSR; 2. Corporate Governance and Constitutional Law: A Legal Pluralist Perspective; INTRODUCTION; THE CONSTITUTIONAL RELEVANCE OF THE CORPORATION; CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL PLURALISM; A (CRITICAL) LEGAL PLURALIST ANALYSIS OF RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONALISM; CONCLUSION; 3. Enron and the End of Corporate Governance; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION. 4. European Integration and Globalisation: The Experience of Financial Reporting RegulationINTRODUCTION; EU FINANCIAL REPORTING POLICY IN A GLOBALISED CONTEXT; THE NEW ACCOUNTING LEGISLATION; THE NEW ACCOUNTING REGIME; COMING BACK TO GLOBALISATION-THE GENERAL IMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION; 5. Imperialism and Accountability in Corporate Law: The Limitations of Incorporation Law as a Regulatory Mechanism; INTRODUCTION; VARIETIES OF NATIONAL CONTROL; MATCHING THE REGULATION TO THE REGULATED; 6. Creating a Globalised Insolvency Law; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL BACKGROUND. THE EC REGULATION 1346 ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGSTHE MODEL LAW ON CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY; OTHER CO-ORDINATION AND HARMONISATION MEASURES; CONCLUSION; 7. Global Transparency; INTRODUCTION; THE ARGUMENT; CONCLUSION; 8. Ecological Modernisation and Environmental Regulation: Corporate Compliance and Accountability; INTRODUCTION; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND EXTERNAL REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION THROUGH THE LENS OF ECOLOGICAL MODERNISATION; CORPORATE POWER AND THE CHALLENGE FOR NATIONAL REGULATION; CONCLUSION. 9. Legislating for Responsible Corporate Behaviour: Domestic Law Approaches to an International IssueABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; IS SELF-REGULATION THE SOLUTION?; DOMESTIC LAW AND POLICY APPROACHES; WHAT ACTIONS HAVE GOVERNMENTS TAKEN?; CONCLUSIONS; 10. Self-Regulation of Transnational Corporations: Neither Meaningless in Law Nor Voluntary; INTRODUCTION; PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE; LIABILITY OF PARENT COMPANIES; CONCLUSION; 11. The IMF and its Relation to Private Banks: Risk Free Banking?; INTRODUCTION; THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF THE IMF. 12. Towards an Acquisition of Human Rights by way of Business PracticesINTRODUCTION; CORPORATIONS AS GLOBAL GOVERNANCE PARTNERS; SETTING THE SCENE FOR CORPORATE VOLUNTARISM: THE IGO INITIATIVES; THE VOLUNTARY CODES OF CONDUCT AND HUMAN RIGHTS NEXUS; CORPORATE VOLUNTARISM: QUO VADIS?; CONCLUSIONS.
• Publisher Details: Oxford Portland, Or : Hart
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages)
• Subjects: 346.066; Corporation law; Social responsibility of business; Tort liability of corporations; International business enterprises -- Law and legislation; LAW -- Corporate; Corporation law; International business enterprises -- Law and legislation; Social responsibility of business; Tort liability of corporations; Management; Ondernemingen; Sociale verantwoordelijkheid; Internationale ondernemingen; Rechtvaardigheid; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847312884; 1847312888
• Related ISBNs: 1841134066; 9781841134062
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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