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Wanted: Female Corporate Directors (A Review Of Professor Douglas M. Branson's No Seat At The Table), Joan Macleod Heminway, Sarah A. Walters
Wanted: Female Corporate Directors (A Review Of Professor Douglas M. Branson's No Seat At The Table), Joan Macleod Heminway, Sarah A. Walters
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In his 2007 book No Seat at the Table, Professor Douglas Branson aptly describes how patterns of male dominance inherent in the legal structures of corporate governance reproduce themselves again and again to keep women out of executive suites and boardrooms, and then he offers a practical way to break this cycle of dominance-through paradigm shifting. A central value of Professor Branson's book derives from this thesis, as well as his use of nontraditional empirical data and interdisciplinary literature (in addition to more traditional decisional law and legal scholarship) to support the positions he takes. Moreover, No Seat at …
Shareholder Bylaws And The Delaware Corporation, Christopher M. Bruner
Shareholder Bylaws And The Delaware Corporation, Christopher M. Bruner
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Much like hostile tender offers in the 1980s and 1990s, shareholder bylaws purporting to limit board authority in key areas of corporate governance are, once again, forcing Delaware's courts to grapple with the fundamental nature of the corporate form.
In this (short) essay written for a roundtable discussion at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools, I discuss CA, Inc. v. AFSCME Employees Pension Plan - the 2008 opinion in which the Delaware Supreme Court began to define the nature and scope of the shareholders' bylaw authority. In CA, Inc. the court held that a proposed …
The Corporate Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Colin Marks, Nancy B. Rapoport
The Corporate Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Colin Marks, Nancy B. Rapoport
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This paper reviews the traditional arguments for corporate social responsibility and asks the question of what corporate lawyers should do to help their clients do the right thing ethically. It also sets out a test - the technically test -- that highlights when something is usually on the wrong side of the ethical line. (If you have to give legal advice starting with "Well, technically...," you're on the wrong side of the line.)
Lessons From Enron - And Why We Don't Learn From Them, Nancy B. Rapoport
Lessons From Enron - And Why We Don't Learn From Them, Nancy B. Rapoport
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This article discusses why even the smartest of people can make boneheaded decisions, and it suggests that the only way to avoid future Enrons is to take into account the cognitive mistakes that humans tend to make.
The Real Reason Why Businesses Make Bad Decisions, Nancy B. Rapoport
The Real Reason Why Businesses Make Bad Decisions, Nancy B. Rapoport
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This book review examines Professor Jonathan Macey's latest book on corporate governance, and it uses Professor Macey's analysis to explain the latest rash of corporate scandals.