Corporate governance and directors' liabilities : legal, economic, and sociological analyses on corporate social responsibility / edited by Klaus J. Hopt, Gunther Teubner.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hopt, Klaus J., 1940-, Teubner, Gunther
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, [1985, 1984]
Series:	Series A--Law ; 1.
Subjects:	Corporation law. Directors of corporations > Legal status, laws, etc. Industries > Social aspects. Corporate governance. LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice. Corporate governance Corporation law Industries > Social aspects Unternehmen Soziale Verantwortung Kongress Sozialpolitik Management Aufsatzsammlung Vennootschappen. Bestuur. Aansprakelijkheid.
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Table of Contents:

Foreword
Table of Contents
Chapter I: Theoretical Framework and Legal Foundations
The Legal Development of Corporate Responsibility: For Whom Will Corporate Managers Be Trustees?
The Economic Context of Corporate Social Responsibility
Responsibility in Corporate Action: A Sociologistâ€?s View
Chapter II: Strategies of Institutionalizing Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility: Interests and Goals
Public Interest Representation: Economic and Social Policy Inside the Enterprise
Chapter III: Directorsâ€? Duties and LiabilitiesCorporate Fiduciary Duties and Their Beneficiaries: A Functional Approach to the Legal Institutionalization of Corporate Responsibility
The Economic Functions of Corporate Liability
Board Membersâ€? Liability for Damages
The Private Law Enforcement of Directorsâ€? Duties
Chapter IV: Disclosure and Social Reporting
Self-Dealing and the Use of Corporate Opportunity and Information: Regulating Directorsâ€? Conflicts of Interest
Disclosure as Preventive Enforcement
Disclosure, Insider Information and Capital Market FunctionsCorporate Social Reporting and Auditing: Theory and Practice
Rescue Operations in Business Crises: Managementâ€?s Role in Economic Perspective
Chapter V: Outside Representation on the Boards: Conflicts of Interest
The Enterprise as a Political System
Dual Loyalty of Labor Representatives
Annex
Biographical Sketches of the Authors
Table of Cases
Index

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