Download This PaperDirectors' Duties and Public Interests
14 Pages Posted: 13 Aug 2019
Date Written: April 11, 2018
Abstract
This speech explores the limits of company directors' obligations to protect the public interest by ensuring compliance by their company with its legal and regulatory obligations, and in going 'beyond the law' to promote good environmental, social and governance (ESG) outcomes and preserve the company's social licence to operate.
Keywords: corporate law - Australia, directors' duties, social licence, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance
JEL Classification: K22, K10
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Hanrahan, Pamela F, Directors' Duties and Public Interests (April 11, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3434936 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3434936
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