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13 articles found
10 August 2023
Corporate purpose is not a new topic. It has been a subject of discussion, in different shapes and forms, since the formation of the modern corporation.
16 May 2023
By Paul Davies. The adoption of a purpose by the company in its articles or by board resolution increases directors’ incentives to promote it but it is not guaranteed to ensure the directors’ commitment to it...
2 August 2022
By John Gaffney. Radical revisions to company law may be required to reflect radical visions of stakeholder capitalism.
19 July 2022
By Colin Mayer. The issue is not about shareholder versus stakeholder interests but what is meant by the success of the company, be it restricted to benefits of shareholders in terms of their wealth or welfare...
5 July 2022
By Paul Davies. The BA Team may not like the purposes boards currently choose, but the law neither mandates that choice nor prevents the board from making a different set of choices.
5 July 2022
By Colin Mayer. While an old topic, corporate purpose has risen to prominence over the last few years. The reason is a growing disquiet in many quarters about the single-minded focus of business on profit and...
5 July 2022
By Jordi Canals. The explosive growth of ESG investment in recent years has moved to a new phase.
26 April 2022
By Umakanth Varrottil. The legal and governance systems in India strongly support the stakeholder approach, which requires companies to be managed on a sustainable and inclusive basis that accounts for the...
12 April 2022
By Beate Sjåfjell and Jukka Mähönen. We argue that corporate purpose instead should be taken seriously as a matter of company law and as an element in ensuring the contribution of business to sustainability.
22 March 2022
By Takeo Hoshi. Kishida lists three keywords for his policy toward the new form of capitalism: human capital investment, public-private partnership, and local communities.
22 February 2022
By Ron Gilson. From managerial capitalism to shareholder value maximization and back again with raiders driving the cycle.
22 February 2022
Interview with Michele Crisostomo, Chairman of the Board of Directors and of the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee of Enel S.p.A., by Guido Ferrarini, ECGI Fellow and Research Member
8 February 2022
By Jennifer Hill. Growing calls for ‘responsible capitalism’ serve as a reminder that corporate governance is not static; nor is it exclusively a private law problem about misalignment of interests between...
