Corporate Duties to the Public
Corporate Duties to the Public

Author: Barnali Choudhury

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1108421466

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Today's economic and social context demands that corporations - once seen only as private actors - owe duties to the public.

Fiduciary Obligations in Business
Fiduciary Obligations in Business

Author: Arthur B. Laby

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 110848512X

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Leading scholars analyze key issues in fiduciary duties in business―one of the most salient applications of fiduciary law and theory.

Corporations Are People Too
Corporations Are People Too

Author: Kent Greenfield

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-10-23

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0300240805

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Why we’re better off treating corporations as people under the law—and making them behave like citizens Are corporations people? The U.S. Supreme Court launched a heated debate when it ruled in Citizens United that corporations can claim the same free speech rights as humans. Should corporations be able to claim rights of free speech, religious conscience, and due process? Kent Greenfield provides an answer: Sometimes. With an analysis sure to challenge the assumptions of both progressives and conservatives, Greenfield explores corporations' claims to constitutional rights and the foundational conflicts about their obligations in society. He argues that a blanket opposition to corporate personhood is misguided, since it is consistent with both the purpose of corporations and the Constitution itself that corporations can claim rights at least some of the time. The problem with Citizens United is not that corporations have a right to speak, but for whom they speak. The solution is not to end corporate personhood but to require corporations to act more like citizens.

Directing Public Companies
Directing Public Companies

Author: Janice Dean

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1859416357

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This book examines the legal duties of Directors Of Public Companies in the light of the stakeholder approach to the firm. It considers the theory that directors are not simply agents of corporate shareholders,but have a duty to take into consideration and, where appropriate, balance the interests of several constituencies, each of which has a legitimate stake in the company, its activities and its development. This book is essentially the first to relate the stakeholding arguments and Third Way politics, as popularised by commentators such as Will Hutton and Anthony Giddens, to the prospects for reform of company law in an authoritative but accessible format. It is an ideal text for company law, business and politics students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, and will also provide companies with a straightforward and welcome guide to this often complex area, particularly to the important issues of accountability and regulation.

Private Management and Public Policy
Private Management and Public Policy

Author: James Post

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 2012-08-29

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 0804784744

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Private Management and Public Policy is a landmark work at the intersection of business and society. First published in 1975, it focuses on the management processes that companies use to respond to social issues. The text develops the "principle of public responsibility" as an alternative to the notion that firms have unlimited accountability. And, it presents one of the first systems-based approaches to corporate responsibility, providing theoretical support for business involvement in public policy. Arguably, the book's major contribution is its broad outline of an alternative theory of the firm in society—one that offers the possibility of overcoming traditional public and private dichotomies.

Corporate Power and Responsibility
Corporate Power and Responsibility

Author: John E. Parkinson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13:

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This treatise argues that it should be the function of company law to promote the public interest. It examines a number of topical issues and the protection of interests largely ignored by company law, such as those of employees and the local community.