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Your Boss’S Business? Corporate Personhood And The Supreme Court, Kent Greenfield Nov 2014

Your Boss’S Business? Corporate Personhood And The Supreme Court, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Hobby Lobby was a dangerous decision,but because the Court ignored corporate personhood rather than endorsing it.


Praising Corporate Personhood, Kent Greenfield Nov 2014

Praising Corporate Personhood, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Corporate personhood has wrongly developed a bad name; efforts to end corporate personhood by way of a constitutional amendment are either worthless or harmful.


Corporate Citizenship: Goal Or Fear?, Kent Greenfield Oct 2014

Corporate Citizenship: Goal Or Fear?, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Progressives should oppose a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood.


Conversations At Bc Law: Representative Michael Capuano, Kent Greenfield Oct 2014

Conversations At Bc Law: Representative Michael Capuano, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Second of a series of interviews with public servants with connections to BC Law.


Debate: “Be It Resolved: Corporations Should Not Be Considered People Under The U.S. Constitution.”, Kent Greenfield Oct 2014

Debate: “Be It Resolved: Corporations Should Not Be Considered People Under The U.S. Constitution.”, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This was a debate with Jeff Clements, founder of Free Speech for People, about corporate personhood.


Sticking The Landing: Making The Most Of The “Stakeholder Moment”, Kent Greenfield Sep 2014

Sticking The Landing: Making The Most Of The “Stakeholder Moment”, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This paper illustrates that the shareholder primacy model is still the prevailing model especially as the proponents of the stakeholder model have not come up with a theoretically sound alternative. It is argued that all corporations' principal stakeholders should be protected by the imposition of fiduciary duties on managerial decision makers. Homogeneity on corporate boards can reinforce thinking that leads to bad decision making. The findings of various researchers into behavioural economics are considered. It is pointed out that the interests of the shareholders are rarely, if ever, the same as those of other stakeholders. This supports the idea that …


Are Shareholders Owners? Absolutely. And Absolutely Not, Kent Greenfield Aug 2014

Are Shareholders Owners? Absolutely. And Absolutely Not, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Shareholder ownership is in reality ‘shareholder primacy,’ or ‘shareholder supremacy.’ An excessive focus on shareholder interests encourages managerial decisions that are overly risky from society’s perspective. Including broader stakeholder concerns at the senior level of corporate decision making will help roll back the short-termism of corporations.


Panelist, The Role Of Government In Corporate Activities And Cross-Border Transactions, Kent Greenfield Jun 2014

Panelist, The Role Of Government In Corporate Activities And Cross-Border Transactions, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.


Corporate Innovation And Abuse, Kent Greenfield May 2014

Corporate Innovation And Abuse, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

This was a week-long course, co-taught with Professor Frank Partnoy of the University of San Diego, to graduate-level students at the University of Sydney.


Corporate Citizenship As A Four-Letter Word, Kent Greenfield May 2014

Corporate Citizenship As A Four-Letter Word, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

Also presented at the American Constitution Society Lawyer's Chapter in Dallas, TX in November 2014.


Panelist, In The Balance: Law And Politics On The Roberts Court, Kent Greenfield Apr 2014

Panelist, In The Balance: Law And Politics On The Roberts Court, Kent Greenfield

Kent Greenfield

No abstract provided.