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Managerial Fixation And The Limitations Of Shareholder Oversight, Emily R. Winston Apr 2020

Managerial Fixation And The Limitations Of Shareholder Oversight, Emily R. Winston

Faculty Publications

BlackRock’s recent public letters to the CEOs of the companies in which it invests have drawn substantial attention from stock market actors and observers for their conspicuous call on corporate CEOs to focus on sustainability and social impacts on non-shareholder stakeholders. This Article explores the market changes that propelled BlackRock into a position to make such a call, and whether institutional shareholders can be effective monitors of these broad social goals. It argues that while corporate attention to non-shareholder stakeholders can improve firm value, shareholder oversight of these stakeholder relationships will not succeed in having this effect.

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Benefit Corporations And The Separation Of Benefit And Control, Emily R. Winston Jun 2018

Benefit Corporations And The Separation Of Benefit And Control, Emily R. Winston

Faculty Publications

Scholars, activists, and other observers have expressed concern about the social effects of corporate activity in the United States since as early as the nineteenth century. A recurring theme in this debate has been whether corporations’ focus on shareholder interests causes them to neglect and harm the interests of other constituencies affected by corporate activity. A recent and prominent effort to address this concern is the social enterprise movement, which is unique because it has resulted in the creation of entirely new business entities designed specifically for for-profit businesses devoted to pursuing social missions. One of the most widely adopted …


Corporate Culture And Competition Compliance In East Asia, Jingyuan Ma, Mel Marquis Jan 2018

Corporate Culture And Competition Compliance In East Asia, Jingyuan Ma, Mel Marquis

South Carolina Journal of International Law and Business

No abstract provided.


Giving Guidance To The Guidelines, Jelani Jefferson Exum Apr 2017

Giving Guidance To The Guidelines, Jelani Jefferson Exum

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Corporation Has No Soul, And Doesn't Go To Church: Relating The Doctrine Or Piercing The Veil To Burwell V. Hobby Lobby, Carol Goforth Oct 2015

A Corporation Has No Soul, And Doesn't Go To Church: Relating The Doctrine Or Piercing The Veil To Burwell V. Hobby Lobby, Carol Goforth

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Why South Carolina Should Eliminate The Personal Income Tax, Stephanie L. Yarbrough Apr 2015

Why South Carolina Should Eliminate The Personal Income Tax, Stephanie L. Yarbrough

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Water Law-Gged: The Muddy Relationship Between Water Law, The Environment, And Economic Development Introduction, Josh Eagle, Matthew W. Orville Apr 2015

Water Law-Gged: The Muddy Relationship Between Water Law, The Environment, And Economic Development Introduction, Josh Eagle, Matthew W. Orville

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Corporations, Taxes, And Religion: The Hobby Lobby And Conestoga Contraceptive Cases, Steven J. Willis Oct 2013

Corporations, Taxes, And Religion: The Hobby Lobby And Conestoga Contraceptive Cases, Steven J. Willis

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Corporate Laibility And Foreign Acts Of Torture: Aziz V. Alcolac, Inc., C. Alexander Cable Jul 2012

Corporate Laibility And Foreign Acts Of Torture: Aziz V. Alcolac, Inc., C. Alexander Cable

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The (Theoretical) Future Of Personal Jurisdiction: Issues Left Open By Goodyear Dunlop Tires V. Brown And J. Mcintyre Machinery V. Nicastro, Roberta Brilmayer, Matthew Smith Apr 2012

The (Theoretical) Future Of Personal Jurisdiction: Issues Left Open By Goodyear Dunlop Tires V. Brown And J. Mcintyre Machinery V. Nicastro, Roberta Brilmayer, Matthew Smith

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Personal Jurisdiction For The Twenty-First Century: The Implications Of Mcintyre And Goodyear Dunlop Tires, Howard B. Stravitz Apr 2012

Personal Jurisdiction For The Twenty-First Century: The Implications Of Mcintyre And Goodyear Dunlop Tires, Howard B. Stravitz

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Case Of The Retired Justice: How Would Justice John Paul Stevens Have Voted In J. Mcintyre Machinery, Ltd. V. Nicastro, Rodger Daniel Citron Apr 2012

The Case Of The Retired Justice: How Would Justice John Paul Stevens Have Voted In J. Mcintyre Machinery, Ltd. V. Nicastro, Rodger Daniel Citron

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


On The Role And Regulation Of Private Negotiations In Governance, Joseph W. Yockey Jan 2009

On The Role And Regulation Of Private Negotiations In Governance, Joseph W. Yockey

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Are You In Good Hands: Is The Use Of In-House Counsel Right For South Carolina Insurance Defense, Eric Montalvo Apr 2008

Are You In Good Hands: Is The Use Of In-House Counsel Right For South Carolina Insurance Defense, Eric Montalvo

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Limited Liability Companies Are Off And Running: Historic Charleston Holdings, Llc V. Mallon, Accountings, And Derivative Actions In Llc Litigation, Carmen Harper Thomas Apr 2006

Limited Liability Companies Are Off And Running: Historic Charleston Holdings, Llc V. Mallon, Accountings, And Derivative Actions In Llc Litigation, Carmen Harper Thomas

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Advancing To Corporate Tax Integration: A Laissez-Faire Approach, Anthony P. Polito Oct 2003

Advancing To Corporate Tax Integration: A Laissez-Faire Approach, Anthony P. Polito

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Imperfect Liability Regimes: Individual And Corporate Issues, Richard A. Epstein Jul 2002

Imperfect Liability Regimes: Individual And Corporate Issues, Richard A. Epstein

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Buyout Remedy For Oppressed Minority Shareholders, Joshua M. Henderson Oct 1995

Buyout Remedy For Oppressed Minority Shareholders, Joshua M. Henderson

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Corporate Preferences To Insiders, John C. Mccoid Ii Jul 1992

Corporate Preferences To Insiders, John C. Mccoid Ii

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Lender Liability Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation And Liability Act, Roger J. Marzulla, Brett G. Kappel Jul 1990

Lender Liability Under The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation And Liability Act, Roger J. Marzulla, Brett G. Kappel

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The D & O Insurance Crisis: Darkness At The End Of The Tunnel, John A. Cottingham Apr 1988

The D & O Insurance Crisis: Darkness At The End Of The Tunnel, John A. Cottingham

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Tax Law, Michael D. Carrouth Oct 1987

Tax Law, Michael D. Carrouth

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Real Estate Corporation: What Can Be Done When A Close Corporation's Shareholders Are No Longer Close, Lawrence J. Scott Apr 1984

The Real Estate Corporation: What Can Be Done When A Close Corporation's Shareholders Are No Longer Close, Lawrence J. Scott

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Cumulative Voting In Corporate Elections: Introducing Strategy Into The Equation, Amihai Glazer, Debra G. Glazer, Bernard Grofman Jan 1984

Cumulative Voting In Corporate Elections: Introducing Strategy Into The Equation, Amihai Glazer, Debra G. Glazer, Bernard Grofman

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Revision Of The 1981 South Carolina Business Corporation Act, The--An Introduction, Edward C, Roberts Mar 1982

Revision Of The 1981 South Carolina Business Corporation Act, The--An Introduction, Edward C, Roberts

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Practice And Procedure, David G. Traylor Jr. Aug 1981

Practice And Procedure, David G. Traylor Jr.

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


When To Put Real Estate In A Corporation--Tax Considerations, J. D. Dial Jr. Dec 1980

When To Put Real Estate In A Corporation--Tax Considerations, J. D. Dial Jr.

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Business Law, Molly B. Barry Jan 1977

Business Law, Molly B. Barry

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Property, Wayne Willis Oct 1973

Property, Wayne Willis

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.


Property, M. K. Farmer Jan 1971

Property, M. K. Farmer

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.