Benefit corporation law and governance : pursuing profit with purpose / Frederick H. Alexander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Frederick H., 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business enterprises--Law and legislation--United States.

Business enterprises.

Business enterprises--Law and legislation.

United States.

Stockholders--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Stockholders.

Stockholders--Legal status, laws, etc.

Corporation law--United States.

Corporation law.

Corporate governance--Law and legislation--United States.

Corporate governance.

Corporate governance--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

xix, 280 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

Benefit corporations include positive impact on society, workers, the community and the environment as part of their legally defined goals in addition to profit. This is the first authoritative guide for attorneys and executive to the statues, rules, and requirements for this growing and radically different type of corporation. --Publisher

Contents:

Corporations and investors : setting the stage

Fiduciary duties for conventional corporations : enforcing shareholder primacy

Standards of review : how judges decide if directors are putting shareholders first

The responsible investing movement and shareholder primacy

The model benefit corporation legislation

The Delaware PBC Statute

Operating benefit corporations in the normal course

Operating benefit corporations in extraordinary situations

Constituency statutes : a viable alternative for stakeholder governance?

Could a conventional corporation adopt stakeholder values?

Limited liability compnies and social purpose corporations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781523083589

1523083581

OCLC:

971348620