{"product_id":"the-societal-company-sustainability-shareholder-value-and-european-company-law-9781509977741","title":"The Societal Company: Sustainability, Shareholder Value, and European Company Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMany attempts have been made to reduce the harms caused by business and to make companies become socially responsible. This book approaches the subject from a new perspective arguing that reflexive law offers the best means to align the interests of large companies with those of society and that recent developments in European company law fit a reflexive model. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA reflexive company law, rather than trying to directly regulate companies, aims to affect internal decision-making processes to make companies responsive to outside interests and prevent them from operating as closed systems singularly focused on shareholder value. In this vein, the EU has recently imposed new obligations on companies to develop corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence processes as part of its objective to create a climate-neutral and sustainable economy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book presents an argument for how the 'societal company' - a company that has an internal culture of transnational responsibility to do no harm but that retains the autonomy necessary to be economically productive - can be established through reflexive law. The book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and lawyers interested in corporate sustainability, regulatory theory, company law and EU law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Quinn\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Corporate Law at Dublin City University, Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hart Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51811713319186,"sku":"9781509977741","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86a72a2d-b6c0-4b09-8054-516014be41f4.jpg?v=1766488045","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-societal-company-sustainability-shareholder-value-and-european-company-law-9781509977741","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}