Business Ethics and the ‘End of History’ in Corporate Law
Henry Hansmann has claimed we have reached the “end of history” in corporate law, organized around the “widespread normative consensus that corporate managers should act exclusively in the economic interests of shareholders.” In this paper, I examine Hansmann’s own argument in support of this view,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 102, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-20 |
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Ownership
B Efficiency B Shareholder primacy B Henry Hansmann B Cooperatives |
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