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2012

Journal

Washington and Lee University School of Law

Directors of corporations

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Agency And The Ontology Of The Corporation, Christopher M. Bruner Jan 2012

Agency And The Ontology Of The Corporation, Christopher M. Bruner

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Toward A Nexus Of Virtue, Ronald J. Colombo Jan 2012

Toward A Nexus Of Virtue, Ronald J. Colombo

Washington and Lee Law Review

Corporate law, like all law, should be directed toward the common good. The common good requires that corporate activity be restrained, if not actively directed, by human virtue. An analysis of the corporate enterprise suggests that those corporate actors with the greatest stake in the exercise of virtue, and best positioned to influence corporate activity via the exercise of virtuous judgment, are the corporation’s officers. Thus, one of the primary objectives of corporate law should be to promote virtue among corporate officers. Contrary to what some might assume, the promotion of virtue among corporate officers need not entail a promulgation …


Corporate Wrongdoing And The In Pari Delicto Defense In Auditor Malpractice Cases: A New Approach, Christine M. Shepard Jan 2012

Corporate Wrongdoing And The In Pari Delicto Defense In Auditor Malpractice Cases: A New Approach, Christine M. Shepard

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Further Perspectives On Corporate Wrongdoing, In Pari Delicto, And Auditor Malpractice, Deborah A. Demott Jan 2012

Further Perspectives On Corporate Wrongdoing, In Pari Delicto, And Auditor Malpractice, Deborah A. Demott

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.