Corporate group

About: Corporate group is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1747 publications have been published within this topic receiving 46868 citations.

Corporations, Law and Policy: Materials and Problems

Abstract: Like its predecessors, the Eighth Edition of this casebook is based on the proposition that the best approach to teaching corporation law is to present students with a variety of problems that practitioners face, together with legal material relevant to their solution. This is supplemented with readings designed to give the student an understanding of the conceptual and policy issues that are influencing the evolution of the law. The first half of the book introduces basic business concepts essential to understanding business law including risk, valuation, and accounting. It presents problems relating to corporate formation, financing, and organization; the role of the corporation in society; the role of the corporate lawyer; and piercing the corporate veil. The second half of the book is devoted primarily to an analysis of fiduciary duties. It includes much new material dealing with the rapidly-evolving area of corporate governance, including executive compensation, shareholder voting, and the relationship between state and federal corporate and securities laws. Recognizing its growing importance as the preferred organizational form for many businesses, the Eighth Edition adds new material dealing with the limited liability company.

Corporate Social Responsibility: A Broader View of Corporate Governance

Abstract: It is clearly accepted that good corporate governance is fundamental to the successfully continuing operating of any corporation; hence much attention has been paid to the procedures of such governance. Often however what is actually meant by the corporate governance of a firm is merely assumed without being made explicit; moreover it is assumed that the concept is simply connected to the management of investor relationships. Similarly corporate social responsibility is generally accepted to be fundamental to the continuing operating of any corporation, and is arguably the fashionable concept of the moment. While it is clear what is generally meant by corporate governance it is much less clear what is meant by corporate social responsibility and we start by investigating this concept.For two such fundamental concepts however it would seem that there should be a relationship between the two, although little work has been undertaken on exploring this relationship. We argue however that the two concepts are inextricably linked and that it is necessary to take a broader view of corporate governance which encompasses relationships with the whole stakeholder community and necessarily therefore incorporates the principles of corporate social responsibility. We argue that the more progressive corporations recognize this and use evidence from the FTSE100 companies and their corporate governance policies to support our argument.

Toward a New/Old Theory of Corporate Social Responsibility

Abstract: This article discusses how the law should treat the purpose of corporations It argues that they should exist not just to maximize profit but to also benefit the larger philanthropic and educational needs of society Toward that end, corporations should be more generous with those expenditures and undertake certain activity in their line of business that promotes them, even if they are profitable as other work