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6 May 2021, 8:29 am by Rob Howse
  Perhaps this matters less to the Commission than serving its big corporate clients and their interests in intellectual property protection. [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 5:50 am
Wang (Harvard Business School), and Andrew Baker (Stanford), on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Tags: Accounting, Data science, Econometrics, Financial regulation The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies Posted by Kobi Kastiel (Tel Aviv University & Harvard Law School) and Yaron Nili (University of Wisconsin), on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 Tags: Engagement, Index funds, Institutional Investors, SEC, Securities regulation, Shareholder… [read post]
21 Apr 2021, 6:21 am
Fifty years ago last month, economist and Nobel laureate Milton Friedman published his famous essay in The New York Times Magazine arguing that the social responsibility of businesses is to increase their own profits. [read post]
6 Apr 2021, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
March-April Issue of “The Corporate Counsel” – New Podcast Coming Soon! [read post]
29 Mar 2021, 10:12 am by Gene Takagi
For many who follow Milton Friedman’s philosophy of shareholder primacy, board members must act, first and foremost, to maximize shareholder value within the bounds of applicable law. [read post]
4 Mar 2021, 5:57 am
Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman told corporate fiduciaries that they should narrowly focus on generating profits for stockholders. [read post]
11 Feb 2021, 4:00 am by Jordan Furlong
This is not just something for corporations — it’s for the legal sector, too. [read post]
24 Jan 2021, 4:38 pm by INFORRM
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2021 ONCA 25 the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that a defamation claim by Subway against Canada’s public broadcaster CBC over a report on the chain’s chicken sandwiches, was not frivolous and can proceed. [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 5:52 am
It had been popularized by Milton Friedman in the 1960s, it soon dominated the thinking in the business schools, and it fueled the takeover activity of the 1970s and 80s. [read post]
27 Dec 2020, 9:09 pm by Nives Dolšak
Fifty years ago, Milton Friedman made the case that socially responsible firms should focus on a single objective: maximizing profits for their shareholders. [read post]
14 Dec 2020, 6:16 am
Some scholars point to the 1970 publication of Milton Friedman’s vigorous defense of shareholder wealth maximization in the New York Times Magazine as a turning point. [read post]
11 Nov 2020, 7:00 am by Race to the Bottom
In 2014, Trevor Milton founded Nikola Corporation (“Nikola”), which manufacturers semi-trucks and pick-up trucks powered by hydrogen and electric batteries, in competition with Tesla’s electric Cybertruck. [read post]
25 Oct 2020, 8:47 am
Bebchuk and Roberto Tallarita (discussed on the Forum here);  For Whom Corporate Leaders Bargain by Lucian A. [read post]
24 Oct 2020, 6:47 am
Against a backdrop of growing corporate commitments on purpose and a state of global crisis, we conduct a quantitative stress test of corporate purpose. [read post]
12 Oct 2020, 3:01 pm by Kevin LaCroix
However, days later, Milton resigned as Nikola’s chairman. [read post]
2 Oct 2020, 6:11 am
Cassidy, Hannah Orowitz, and Brigid Rosati, Georgeson, on Thursday, October 1, 2020 Tags: Boards of Directors, Diversity, ESG, Executive Compensation, Institutional Investors, Proxy advisors, Say on pay, Shareholder proposals, Shareholder voting How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit Posted by Alex Edmans (London Business School), on Thursday, October 1, 2020 Tags: Business Roundtable, Corporate… [read post]
30 Sep 2020, 6:25 am
Milton Friedman wrote his famous piece about corporate social responsibility 50 years ago. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 6:23 am
From a practical standpoint, the most significant part of the 1970 Milton Friedman essay in the New York Times was the headline: “The Social Responsibility Of Business Is to Increase its Profits. [read post]