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Corporate Social Responsibility And Firm Value: A Critically Appraised Topic, Shinika L. Byrd Aug 2026

Corporate Social Responsibility And Firm Value: A Critically Appraised Topic, Shinika L. Byrd

Engaged Management ReView

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an important component of strategic management, yet whether it enhances firm value remains a debated question. This Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) synthesizes the most recent peer-reviewed evidence to examine the relationship between CSR and the firm value of U.S. publicly traded companies. The guiding research question is: Does corporate social responsibility improve firm value? Findings indicate that CSR does not consistently improve firm value. Rather, its impact depends on factors such as strategic alignment, governance quality, transparency, stakeholder perceptions, and market conditions. Evidence suggests that strategically integrated, employee-centered CSR initiatives are more likely to …


Socially-Minded Investors And Corporate Behavior, Merritt B. Fox, Menesh S. Patel Aug 2026

Socially-Minded Investors And Corporate Behavior, Merritt B. Fox, Menesh S. Patel

Faculty Scholarship

Many equity investors are concerned with the world’s worsening social and environmental problems and are losing faith in the capacity of political institutions to respond. Corporate behavior is often contributing to these problems. Some investors, at least if fully informed as to costs and benefits involved, would favor corrective changes to corporate behavior even where that would lessen their investment returns. Two important questions arise: (1) given existing law, are such willing-to-sacrifice equity investors currently affecting firm behavior; and (2) should there be legal reform that makes firms more sensitive to these willing-to-sacrifice investors’ preferences? This Article seeks to answer …


فلسفة حقوق الامتياز, محمد عمار تركمانية غزال Jun 2026

فلسفة حقوق الامتياز, محمد عمار تركمانية غزال

Proche-Orient, Études juridiques

No abstract provided.


Scotus Rules For Whistleblowers: What Eliminating The Retaliation Requirement For A Sarbanes-Oxley Discrimination Claim Means For The Future Of Corporate Whistleblowing, Abigail Pezzolo Apr 2026

Scotus Rules For Whistleblowers: What Eliminating The Retaliation Requirement For A Sarbanes-Oxley Discrimination Claim Means For The Future Of Corporate Whistleblowing, Abigail Pezzolo

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

This comment analyzes the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC. The author examines how the Court addressed the significant "information asymmetry" that often leaves employees unable to prove an employer's specific retaliatory intent. By confirming that plaintiffs are not required to provide proof of "retaliatory animus," the decision reinforces the "contributing-factor" burden-shifting framework established under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Pezzolo argues that this holding is a critical victory for whistleblowers, as it lowers the evidentiary hurdles for those reporting financial misconduct and encourages corporations to implement more robust internal transparency systems. Ultimately, the article situates this …


Politics As Usual: Racial Pay Inequity And The Illusion Of Inclusion In The Rise And Fall Of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, And Accessibility Executive Orders, Francois C. Melville Jan 2026

Politics As Usual: Racial Pay Inequity And The Illusion Of Inclusion In The Rise And Fall Of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, And Accessibility Executive Orders, Francois C. Melville

West Chester University Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Final Projects

This research examines pressing moral policy questions of our time: who determines when the United States of America has fulfilled its broken promise of equality for all, and what constitutes an appropriate measure of reparative justice. It interrogates why the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Executive Orders (EOs) implemented across presidential administrations, intended to advance social equity, were grounded in conflict and symbolic gestures rather than scientifically evidenced issues such as wage inequality directly linked to upward career mobility. Race conscious policy generates cultural clashes centered on the perception that gains made by Black and Brown Americans come at the …


Can Corporations Be Trusted? Voluntary Compliance And The Limits Of Non-Coercive Business Regulation, Yuval Feldman Jan 2026

Can Corporations Be Trusted? Voluntary Compliance And The Limits Of Non-Coercive Business Regulation, Yuval Feldman

American University Business Law Review

This Article extends the voluntary compliance framework developed in Can the Public Be Trusted? The Promise and Perils of Voluntary Compliance, to the corporate context. While recent scholarship has explored when states can rely on non-coercive regulatory approaches with individual citizens, comparatively little attention has been paid to whether these insights translate to business entities. This Article argues that corporations present both greater challenges and greater opportunities for voluntary compliance regimes. On one hand, the instrumental orientation of corporate decision-making, amplified by fiduciary duties and competitive pressures, may systematically undermine the intrinsic motivations that voluntary compliance frameworks depend upon. Drawing …


Timing Whistleblowing, Andrew K. Jennings Jan 2026

Timing Whistleblowing, Andrew K. Jennings

Faculty Articles

Whistleblower programs (WBPs) expose hidden corporate wrongdoing. They do so by offering retaliation protection and financial bounties to those who bring original information to law enforcement about unseen, and often complex, misconduct. Under a standard account, whistleblowing serves the public interest by increasing the ex post detection of illegal activity and the ex ante risk of its exposure. That standard view—which centers whistleblowing on detecting wrongdoing—is incomplete, however. To present a fuller view, this Article introduces a complementary model that refocuses whistleblowing as preventing wrongdoing. Working together, these models show that a WBP can do more than enable detection at …


Government Regulations-Consumer And Worker Protection Laws Business Law, Lorelei Salas Dec 2025

Government Regulations-Consumer And Worker Protection Laws Business Law, Lorelei Salas

Open Educational Resources

This assignment challenges the students to dive deeper into consumer and worker protection laws, by expanding their knowledge base or exploring personal experience with these issues.


Contract Law And The U.S. Legal System, Business Law Assignment, Lorelei Salas Dec 2025

Contract Law And The U.S. Legal System, Business Law Assignment, Lorelei Salas

Open Educational Resources

This assignment ties legal concepts covered in business law to specific scenarios that can measure comprehension of contracts and the US legal system


Torts And Pesticide Drift: Amending Right-To-Farm Acts In The Wake Of Widespread Dicamba Drift By Nicholas Brown** And Matt Roessing* Nov 2025

Torts And Pesticide Drift: Amending Right-To-Farm Acts In The Wake Of Widespread Dicamba Drift By Nicholas Brown** And Matt Roessing*

Journal of Legal Studies in Business

When crops die in a field prior to harvest, a farmer loses a portion of his salary for that year. When the cause of the crop loss is natural, farmers can usually seek compensation through crop insurance and government commodity support programs. When the crops were lost as a result of pesticide drift, these forms of compensation are not usually available to farmers.1 In order to make up for their losses, farmers can seek damages through judicial redress. For many decades, various state and federal laws have combined to complicate and at times prevent farmers adversely affected by pesticide drift …


Cover Page & Table Of Contents - Volume 23 Nov 2025

Cover Page & Table Of Contents - Volume 23

Journal of Legal Studies in Business

JLSB vol. 23 Title Page & Table of Contents


Incorporating Tax Law Into Legal And Regulatory Environment Of Business Courses Nov 2025

Incorporating Tax Law Into Legal And Regulatory Environment Of Business Courses

Journal of Legal Studies in Business

No abstract provided.


Too Much, Too Little, Or Just Right? Beyond The Perception (Or Reality) Of Law School Rigor In Teaching Undergraduate Copyright Law Nov 2025

Too Much, Too Little, Or Just Right? Beyond The Perception (Or Reality) Of Law School Rigor In Teaching Undergraduate Copyright Law

Journal of Legal Studies in Business

No abstract provided.


Investigating The Relationship Between Noun Classes And Plant Folk Taxonomy In Chasu Language Of Kilimanjaro Region In Tanzania, Peter Rabson Mziray Nov 2025

Investigating The Relationship Between Noun Classes And Plant Folk Taxonomy In Chasu Language Of Kilimanjaro Region In Tanzania, Peter Rabson Mziray

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The current study investigates the relationship between noun classes and plant folk taxonomy in Chasu (G 22). The study focuses on two objectives: the first objective is to describe the plant folk taxonomy in Chasu and the second objective is to determine the relationship between noun classes and plant folk taxonomy in Chasu. Data were collected from rural villages in Same and Mwanga districts by using free listing, field interviews (jungle-walk-and-identify), and written texts containing Chasu plant names. The findings reveal that Chasu folk taxonomy reflects different ethnobotanical categories; including a unique beginner which is mmea/mimea ‘plant(s)’, and three life …


Bernard Parks, Jr. V. Kelly King, Order On Motion To Dismiss Appeal, John J. Goger Sep 2025

Bernard Parks, Jr. V. Kelly King, Order On Motion To Dismiss Appeal, John J. Goger

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Delta Air Lines, Inc., V. Crowdstrike, Inc., Order On Motion To Compel, Kelly L. Ellerbe Sep 2025

Delta Air Lines, Inc., V. Crowdstrike, Inc., Order On Motion To Compel, Kelly L. Ellerbe

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Alpharetta Underwriters, Llc V. Argonaut Mgmt. Svcs., Order On Pending Motions, Wesley B. Tailor Sep 2025

Alpharetta Underwriters, Llc V. Argonaut Mgmt. Svcs., Order On Pending Motions, Wesley B. Tailor

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


American Plastics, Llc, V. Home Depot Product Authority, Llc, Order On Motion To Compel Discovery, Kelly L. Ellerbe Aug 2025

American Plastics, Llc, V. Home Depot Product Authority, Llc, Order On Motion To Compel Discovery, Kelly L. Ellerbe

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Molly M. Patrick V. W. Roger Miers, Order On Motion To Dismiss, John J. Goger Jul 2025

Molly M. Patrick V. W. Roger Miers, Order On Motion To Dismiss, John J. Goger

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Bellsouth Telecomms., Llc, V. Assoc. Elec. & Gas Ins. Svcs., Order On Commerce Cause Motions, Kathy Lee Ellerbee Jul 2025

Bellsouth Telecomms., Llc, V. Assoc. Elec. & Gas Ins. Svcs., Order On Commerce Cause Motions, Kathy Lee Ellerbee

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


American Plastics, Llc. V. Home Depot Product Authority, Llc, Order On Plaintiff American Plastics, Llc's Motion To Compel Discovery, Kelly L. Ellerbe Jun 2025

American Plastics, Llc. V. Home Depot Product Authority, Llc, Order On Plaintiff American Plastics, Llc's Motion To Compel Discovery, Kelly L. Ellerbe

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Delta Airlines, Inc., V. Crowdstrike, Inc., Order On Motion To Dismiss, Kelly L. Ellerbe May 2025

Delta Airlines, Inc., V. Crowdstrike, Inc., Order On Motion To Dismiss, Kelly L. Ellerbe

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Toward A Dynamic View Of Corporate Purpose, Dorothy S. Lund May 2025

Toward A Dynamic View Of Corporate Purpose, Dorothy S. Lund

Faculty Scholarship

Scholars debating the corporation’s role in society generally advance the view that there is only one desirable orientation for corporations and their management. Specifically, proponents of a stakeholder governance model contend that focusing management on a broad set of corporate constituents maximizes overall welfare, while advocates of a shareholder-centric directive counter that prioritizing shareholders creates social welfare by rendering the firm most profitable. This Article offers another view: It suggests that the welfare-maximizing purpose for corporations could change depending on external economic conditions, which both of these positions assume away. Specifically, shareholder primacy is likely to promote welfare in a …


From Doing Business To B-Ready: World Bank’S New Rankings Represent A Rebrand, Not A Revamp, Fernanda G. Nicola, Dhaisy Paredes Guzman Apr 2025

From Doing Business To B-Ready: World Bank’S New Rankings Represent A Rebrand, Not A Revamp, Fernanda G. Nicola, Dhaisy Paredes Guzman

Popular Media

In 2021, the World Bank shut down one of its flagship projects: the Doing Business index, a global ranking system that measured how easy it was to start and run a business in 190 countries. It followed an independent investigation that found World Bank officials had manipulated the rankings to favor powerful countries, including China and Saudi Arabia. The scandal raised serious concerns about the use of global benchmarks to shape development policy. Now, the Bank is trying again. In October 2024, it launched its newest flagship report, Business Ready. The 2025 spring meeting of the World Bank and its …


Melissa Benton, Et. Al, V. Lynn Linnane, Et. Al., Order On Pending Motions, Wesley B. Tailor Apr 2025

Melissa Benton, Et. Al, V. Lynn Linnane, Et. Al., Order On Pending Motions, Wesley B. Tailor

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


In Re Corpay, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Order On Motions To Dismiss, John J. Goger Mar 2025

In Re Corpay, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Order On Motions To Dismiss, John J. Goger

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


The Market Value Of Partisan Balance, Brian D. Feinstein, Daniel J. Hemel Mar 2025

The Market Value Of Partisan Balance, Brian D. Feinstein, Daniel J. Hemel

Northwestern University Law Review

For the past century, Delaware’s constitution has provided that no more than a bare majority of judges on the state’s courts may hail from the same political party. Some scholars and jurists theorize that Delaware’s commitment to a politically balanced judiciary increases the state’s attractiveness to out-of-state corporations and adds value to Delaware-chartered firms. These claims echo a larger literature in law and the social sciences positing that ideological diversity improves decisional quality. Recently, a series of federal court decisions in the case of Adams v. Carney put these claims to the test. In December 2017, a federal district court …


Bernard Bronner V. Robert E. Hardy, Ii, Order For Motion For Judgment Notwithstanding The Verdict, Kelly L. Ellerbe Feb 2025

Bernard Bronner V. Robert E. Hardy, Ii, Order For Motion For Judgment Notwithstanding The Verdict, Kelly L. Ellerbe

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Aff Iv 200 Miami, Llc, V. Andrew Avi Greenbaum, Order On Defendants' Motions, Wesley B. Tailor Feb 2025

Aff Iv 200 Miami, Llc, V. Andrew Avi Greenbaum, Order On Defendants' Motions, Wesley B. Tailor

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


American Plastics, Llc V. Home Depot Product Authority, Llc, Order On Motion To Dismiss, Kelly L. Ellerbe Feb 2025

American Plastics, Llc V. Home Depot Product Authority, Llc, Order On Motion To Dismiss, Kelly L. Ellerbe

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.