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Business Organizations Law

Lyman P. Q. Johnson

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Social responsibility of business

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Reclaiming An Ethic Of Corporate Responsibility, Lyman P.Q. Johnson Jan 2013

Reclaiming An Ethic Of Corporate Responsibility, Lyman P.Q. Johnson

Lyman P. Q. Johnson

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The Social Responsibility Of Corporate Law Professors, Lyman P.Q. Johnson Jan 2013

The Social Responsibility Of Corporate Law Professors, Lyman P.Q. Johnson

Lyman P. Q. Johnson

Most statements of corporate social responsibility focus on the responsibilities of corporate decision makers or their advisors Professor Johnson argues that corporate law professors-the persons who educate the students who will become lawyers counseling corporate decision makers-also have a social responsibility. He believes that professors should find various ways to raise the subject of corporate social responsibility in the basic corporations course, and he advocates rejecting a classroom approach that addresses only shareholder-manager relations After describing several possible ways to do this, Professor Johnson spotlights fiduciary laws as a fruitful area to enrich student understandings of director duties in a …