Companies, Corporate Officers and Public Interests: Are We at a Legal Tipping Point?
(2019) 37 Company and Securities Law Journal, Forthcoming
18 Pages Posted: 7 Feb 2019
Date Written: September 12, 2018
Abstract
In this speech, the author asks whether recent developments in Australia - including proposed revisions the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendation and the revelations in the ongoing Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry - mean that Australian boards of directors must take account of the public interest in corporate decision-making a new way.
Keywords: Corporate governance, directors duties, social licence to operate, corporate culture, corporate compliance
JEL Classification: J22
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