MARC details
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| fixed length control field |
03682cam a22002058i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781108421461 (hardback) |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
346.0664 |
| Item number |
CHO.C |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Choudhury, Barnali, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Corporate duties to the public / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Barnali Choudhury, University College London; Martin Petrin, University College London. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
UK, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
CUP, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
376 p. : |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Corporate purpose; 4. Corporate governance; 5. Parent company liability; 6. Tort law; 7. Criminal law; 8. Human rights law; 9. Environmental law; 10. Corruption; 11. Taxation; 12. Conclusion. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
"In a world where the grocery store may be more powerful than the government and corporations are the governors rather than the governed, the notion of corporations being only private actors is slowly evaporating. Gone is the view that corporations can focus exclusively on maximizing shareholder wealth. Instead, the idea that corporations owe duties to the public is capturing the attention of not only citizens and legislators, but corporations themselves. This book explores the deepening connections between corporations and the public. It explores timely - and often controversial - public issues with which corporations must grapple including the corporate purpose, civil and criminal liability, taxation, human rights, the environment and corruption. Offering readers an encompassing, balanced, and systematic understanding of the most pertinent duties corporations should bear, how they work, whether they are justified, and how they should be designed in the future, this book clarifies corporations' roles vis-...-vis the public"-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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"The relationship between corporations and the public is in crisis. After surveying more than 33,000 people in 28 countries, a recent report found that only 52 percent of those surveyed indicated that they trust business. The results were worse for individual countries with only 48 percent of Americans and only 43 percent of the British expressing trust in businesses. The report further found that such trust has been on the decline for a number of years. The world's largest investor has proposed a solution to the problem of declining trust. BlackRock founder and chief executive, Larry Fink, wrote to the CEOs of some of the world's largest companies, noting that society is demanding that companies serve a social purpose. According to Fink, firms must deliver both financial performance but also demonstrate how they contribute positively to society. Fink's message to corporations is not a new one. There has been a gradual recognition of the relationship between corporations and society. In some ways, this is reminiscent of the notion of corporate social responsibility, an amorphous term that lacks a precise definition. Yet while the content of and scope of corporate social responsibility has evolved over the last 70 years, today it remains primarily a voluntary endeavour. That is, it is widely thought of as a discretionary business practice of taking into account societal issues. However, rather than focusing on what is traditionally understood as corporate social responsibility, this book examines the relationship between business corporations and society, or more broadly, the public. It is based on the fundamental idea that corporations should be working to align their business activities with public interests, resulting in corporations bearing duties to the public"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Social responsibility of business |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Corporate governance |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
LAW / Corporate. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Petrin, Martin, |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Book |
