The Profit Motive: Defending Shareholder Value Maximization

ISBN-13: 9781009012157 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 300 str.

Los Angeles) Bainbridg Stephen M. (University of California

Opis

The Profit Motive offers a legal and economic defense of shareholder capitalism against proponents of corporate social responsibility.

Recenzje

'… having put a stake through the heart of stakeholder capitalism, Bainbridge provides a powerful moral rationale for shareholder primacy … Samuel Gregg, Law & Liberty

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. The Law: 1. The Battle of River Rouge; 2. Fireplug Funding For Princeton; 3. Why Didn't the Cubs Have to Play Night Baseball? 4. Defending Dodge; 5. To Make Stakeholder Capitalism the Rule, You Would Have to Change Most of Corporate Law; 6. What About the Benefit Corporation? Part II. The Merits: 7. Possible Merits of the Business Roundtable's Embrace of Stakeholder Capitalism; 8. Was There a Business Case for the Business Roundtable's Embrace of Stakeholder Capitalism? 9. Why did the Business Roundtable CEOs Shift Their Position?10. Why the Business Roundtable CEOs Should Have Stayed the Course; Conclusion.