Research handbook on corporate purpose and personhood. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Elizabeth Pollman, Robert B. Thompson.
• Editors: Pollman, Elizabeth; (Law Professor), Thompson, Robert B
• Contents: Contents: Corporate purpose and personhood: an introduction ix PART I JUMPING OFF POINTS FOR A NEW LOOK AT TRADITIONAL TOPICS 1 What Jensen and Meckling really said about the public company 2 Brian R. Cheffins 2 Business purpose and the objective of the corporation 27 Edward B. Rock 3 A more equitable corporate purpose 47 Veronica Root Martinez PART II SHAREHOLDERS VS. STAKEHOLDERS, BENEFIT CORPORATIONS, AND ESG 4 The 'value' of a public benefit corporation 68 Jill E. Fisch & Steven Davidoff Solomon 5 Enlightened shareholder value, stakeholderism, and the quest for managerial accountability 91 Dorothy S. Lund 6 The shareholder-stakeholder alliance: exposing the link between shareholder power and the rise of a corporate social purpose 109 Lisa M. Fairfax 7 ESG investing, or, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em 130 Ann M. Lipton 8 Purpose in business association statutes: much ado about something (but not much) 148 Brett McDonnell 9 For whom is the corporation managed and what is its purpose? A stakeholder perspective based on the law of Delaware 165 Cynthia A. Williams PART III BROADER THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR GROUNDING VIEWS OF CORPORATE PURPOSE AND PERSONHOOD 10 Shareholder primacy is illogical 186 Frank Partnoy 11 The 'franchise' view of the corporation: purpose, personality, public policy 201 Saule T. Omarova 12 Corporate personality, purpose, and liability 222 Paul B. Miller 13 Facts and values in corporate legal theory 240 James D. Nelson PART IV CORPORATE PERSONALITY, POLITICS, AND RIGHTS 14 Regulatory partitioning as a key function of corporate personality 263 Mariana Pargendler 15 Corporate personhood and the putative First Amendment right to discriminate 283 Kent Greenfield & Daniel A. Rubens 16 The corporation's political purpose 299 Sarah C. Haan 17 Personhood, procedure and the endurance of corporate compliance 320 Miriam H. Baer PART V LESSONS FROM COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL STUDY AND POSSIBLEWAYS FORWARD 18 Beyond shareholder value: exploring justifications for a broader corporate purpose 344 Martin Petrin 19 Lessons from India's struggles with corporate purpose 362 Afra Afsharipour 20 Varieties of shareholderism: three views of the corporate purpose cathedral 386 Amir N. Licht Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 346.065; Social responsibility of business -- Law and legislation; Juristic persons; Corporate purposes
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781789902914
• Related ISBNs: 9781789902907
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