Corporate Purpose, CSR, and ESG
Synopsis
In recent years, the longstanding debate between shareholder-oriented and stakeholder-oriented models of corporate governance for large listed, or "public" corporations, has experienced a resurgence. Simultaneously, a wave of new regulations has reshaped the legal landscape, compelling businesses to integrate public objectives - such as environmental protection or the social interests of specific stakeholder groups - into their decision-making processes, which were traditionally driven solely by profitability considerations. Against this background, the book brings together economic, comparative, historical, and doctrinal perspectives of scholars from US and European legal academia.The ongoing discourse regarding the fundamental role of public corporations in economies and society is vivid and rather different, across Europe, and the US. Filling a gap in comparative literature on these themes, this volume further explores commonalities across these varying legal landscapes, while remaining cognizant of distinct, cultural, legal, and economic contexts. Most strikingly, the contributions here point to the European emphasis on stakeholder-oriented regulation, in contrast to the US-American focus on shareholder value.
Providing a comprehensive analysis of recent legal developments in this space, this volume serves as an essential theoretical guide to debates around corporate purpose, CSR, and ESG today.
Book details
- Author:
- Jens-Hinrich Binder, Klaus Hopt, Thilo Kuntz
- ISBN:
- 9780198912590
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780198912583, 9780198912576
- Publisher:
- OUP Oxford
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2024-10-13
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Copyright by:
- Oxford University Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Business and Finance, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Nonfiction