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Twenty-Ninth Annual Corporate Law Center Symposium: Corporate Social Responsibility And The Modern Enterprise: Foreword, Felix B. Chang
Twenty-Ninth Annual Corporate Law Center Symposium: Corporate Social Responsibility And The Modern Enterprise: Foreword, Felix B. Chang
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In December 2015, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, publicly pledged to give ninety-nine percent of their Facebook shares, then worth over $45 billion, to charitable purposes. As the receptacle for their philanthropy, the couple created a limited liability company. This touched off a flurry of commentary over the merits of limited liability companies (LLCs) versus nonprofit organizations and for-profit social enterprises such as benefit corporations. Anticipating the debates to follow, the Corporate Law Center at the University of Cincinnati College of Law (UC) held its 29th Annual Symposium (the Symposium) on corporate social responsibility and the …