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Reputational And Integrity Due Diligence On Investors, Kroll, Columbia Center On Sustainable Investment
Reputational And Integrity Due Diligence On Investors, Kroll, Columbia Center On Sustainable Investment
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications
Before deciding to invest, companies and investors will perform background research on the uncertainties and risks associated with the proposed investment. For natural resource projects, there are risks around geology, market and price developments, construction delays, operations, regulatory changes, political disruptions, and reputational issues. Feasibility studies and due diligence assessments aim to better understand these risks, reduce uncertainty where possible and be better prepared to manage them.
Governments too should understand the risks that are associated with the proposed investments and get to know the investors before entering into negotiations or signing contracts. This is particularly important for long-term agreements …
Freedom, Choice, And Contracts, Hanoch Dagan, Michael A. Heller
Freedom, Choice, And Contracts, Hanoch Dagan, Michael A. Heller
Faculty Scholarship
In “The Choice Theory of Contracts,” we explain contractual freedom and celebrate the plurality of contract types. Here, we reply to critics by refining choice theory and showing how it fits and shapes what we term the “Contract Canon”.
I. Freedom. (1) Charles Fried challenges our account of Kantian autonomy, but his views, we show, largely converge with choice theory. (2) Nathan Oman argues for a commerce-enhancing account of autonomy. We counter that he arbitrarily slights noncommercial spheres central to human interaction. (3) Yitzhak Benbaji suggests that choice theory’s commitment to autonomy is overly perfectionist. Happily, in response to Benbaji, …