This article explores the evolving role of Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs) in light of increased interest in corporate...
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Changing Corporate Purpose: Law, Managers, and the B Corp
This article explores the evolving role of Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs) in light of increased interest in corporate...
A Tall Order: Legal Forms and Social Change – A Review of Michael B. Dorff, Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation: Express Your Values, Energize Your Stakeholders, Make the World a Better Place
This article explores the evolving role of Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs) in light of increased interest in corporate...
Will Public Benefit Companies Commit Securities Fraud?
This article explores the evolving role of Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs) in light of increased interest in corporate...
Unbecoming Public Benefit Corporations
This article provides a critical review of Michael B. Dorff’s Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation, recognizing its value...
Compensating a Public Benefit Corporation
As more entrepreneurs seek to align business with social and environmental impact, public benefit corporations (PBCs) and...
Can Entity Law Cure Corporate Social Irresponsibility? A Response to Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation
In this thought-provoking piece, Darryll K. Jones delves into the fundamental conflict between profit-driven motives and...
Public Benefit and Private Profit
This article explores the tension between human self-interest and the altruistic aspirations of benefit corporations....
Foreword: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding of the Benefit Corporation
In this foreword to Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation, Joan MacLeod Heminway introduces Michael Dorff’s book as a...
A Stronger First Step: Public Benefit Corporations and Governance Reform
In this introductory piece, Michael B. Dorff reflects on the scholarly and collegial collaboration behind the symposium...
Can the SEC Mandate Disclosures that Contain Both Financial and Social Information? The Case of Human Capital Management Disclosures
Investments in people—employees’ skills, knowledge, and well-being—are critical to a company’s financial success. Yet many...
Chat with the Board Series: Summer Brown and Michael Dorff
A conversation between B Academics President Summer Brown, JD, and Professor Michael Dorff, JD, the Michael & Jessica...
The International Handbook of Social Enterprise Law
Presents a comprehensive perspective on the social enterprise movement, tracing its development and various manifestations....
Remaking Capitalism: The Strength of Weak Legislation in Mobilizing B Corporation Certification
Numerous initiatives aim to transform capitalism into a fairer, eco-friendly, and inclusive system. To understand how these...
Who is the Client? Rethinking Professional Responsibility for Benefit Corporations
The rise of the social enterprise movement has prompted an increasing number of companies to embrace the benefit...
The Role of International Investment Law in the Business and Human Rights Legal Process
This article explores the relationship between international investment law and international human rights law to determine...
Explaining the adoption of benefit corporation laws by the US states
More than half of the states in the United States have departed from the sole emphasis on maximizing shareholder profit and...
Volume 40, Issue 2 (2017) Berle VIII: Benefit Corporations and the Firm Commitment Universe
List of articles.
Benefit Expenses: How the Benefit Corporation’s Social Purpose Changes the Ordinary and Necessary
The rise of Benefit Corporations challenges the conventional belief that for-profit companies are solely focused on...
Strange Creatures: A Hybrid Approach to Fiduciary Duty in Benefit Corporations
Benefit corporations, known as "B-corps," are a novel corporate structure designed to align with both profit-making and...