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Research Handbook on Corporate Legal Responsibility
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Edited by
Stephen Tully
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The ever-important topic of corporate legal responsibility is deconstructed into many multifaceted components in this fascinating Handbook, which systematically examines each in turn and describes the contemporary legal position.
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Foreword by Michael S. Baram
Preface by Stephen Tully
PART I: Theories and Concepts of Corporate Responsibility
Chapter 1: The Theoretical Background: The Nature of the Actors in Corporate Social Responsibility
Chapter 2: Comparative Corporate Governance Developments and Key Ongoing Challenges from Anglo-American Perspectives
Chapter 3: The Fiduciary Duties of Directors: A Proposal for Improving Corporate Governance in Latin America
Chapter 4: Directors’ Duties within the United Kingdom
Chapter 5: Regulating the Approach of Companies towards Employees: The New Statutory Duties and Reporting Obligations of Directors within the United Kingdom
Chapter 6: Protecting Supplier Interests through English Company Law
PART II: Substantive Grounds for Corporate Legal Responsibility
Chapter 7: ‘Never Say Never Jurisprudence’: Comparative Approaches to Corporate Responsibility under the Law of Torts
Chapter 8: Corporate Criminal Responsibility
Chapter 9: Corporate Criminal Liability in the United States
Chapter 10: Moral Indifference and Corporate Manslaughter: Compromising Safety in the Name of Profit?
Chapter 11: Reforming the Doctrine of Attribution: A Canadian Solution to British Concerns?
Chapter 12: Sustainable Waste Management: The Challenge for Businesses in Wales
PART III: Alternative Accountability Mechanisms
Chapter 13: In the Dark All Cats are Grey: Corporate Responsibility and Legal Responsibility
Chapter 14: Whistleblowers: The Critical Link in Corporate Accountability
Chapter 15: The Dutch Corporate Governance Code: Self-Regulation or Interactive Legislation?
Chapter 16: The Influence of NGOs on the Normative Framework for Business and Human Rights
Chapter 17: The Interaction between Corporate Codes of Conduct and International Law: A Study of Women and Children in the Textile Industry
PART IV: Regional and International Initiatives Towards Corporate Legal Responsibility
Chapter 18: A Multilateral Contribution to Corporate Standards of Behaviour: The ILO’s Declaration on Multinational Enterprises
Chapter 19: Corporate Environmental Liability within the European Union
Chapter 20: Corporate Responsibility: The UNEP Experience
Chapter 21: Corporate Accountability: An NGO Perspective
Chapter 22: International Aspects of Corporate Liability and Corruption
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Published:
27 Oct 2005
Print ISBN:
9781843768203
eISBN:
9781845428280
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781845428280
Pages:
456
Collection:
Law 2010 and before
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