"Corporations dominate our economy and society. Defining their social purpose thus matters a great deal to everyone, not just lawyers and businesspeople. In clear and accessible language, Bainbridge explains that shareholder capitalism-not stakeholder capitalism-is both what the law requires and what the law ought to require"--
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Introduction; Part I. The Law: 1. The Battle of River Rouge; 2. Fireplug Funding For Princeton; 3. Why Didn't the Cubs Have to Play Night Baseball? 4. Defending Dodge; 5. To Make Stakeholder Capitalism the Rule, You Would Have to Change Most of Corporate Law; 6. What About the Benefit Corporation? Part II. The Merits: 7. Possible Merits of the Business Roundtable's Embrace of Stakeholder Capitalism; 8. Was There a Business Case for the Business Roundtable's Embrace of Stakeholder Capitalism? 9. Why did the Business Roundtable CEOs Shift Their Position?10. Why the Business Roundtable CEOs Should Have Stayed the Course; Conclusion.