Sustainability and the Move from Corporate Governance to Governance Through Contract

In Beate Sjåfjell and Christopher M. Bruner (eds), Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Chapter 5.

University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-10

Posted: 8 May 2019 Last revised: 15 Jun 2020

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Jaakko Salminen

Copenhagen Business School - CBS Law; Lund University - Faculty of Law

Date Written: May 6, 2019

Abstract

Corporate groups are giving way to contractually organized global value chains, and any effective approach to regulating sustainability must thus account for contractually organized production. This chapter outlines the move from corporate governance to governance through contract in organizing production and the general effects of this move on sustainability regulation, and presents one approach towards conceptualizing control in contractually organized value chains. It then discusses recent approaches related to private governance, private law liability, and public regulation that are aimed at developing sustainability in contractually organized global value chains.


Keywords: global value chains, contractual governance, private governance, supply chain litigation

Suggested Citation

Salminen, Jaakko, Sustainability and the Move from Corporate Governance to Governance Through Contract (May 6, 2019). In Beate Sjåfjell and Christopher M. Bruner (eds), Cambridge Handbook of Corporate Law, Corporate Governance and Sustainability (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Chapter 5., University of Oslo Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 2019-10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3383397

Jaakko Salminen (Contact Author)

Copenhagen Business School - CBS Law ( email )

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Frederiksberg 2000
Denmark

Lund University - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Lund, 222 22
Sweden

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