Corporate democracy and the rights of shareholders

Some have argued that because of weaknesses in corporate democracy, there is widespread abuse of shareholders' rights in American securities markets. I describe a number of “horror stories” that shareholders might tell to support this claim. Then I argue that despite appearances to the contrary...

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Autor principal: Irvine, William (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1988
En: Journal of business ethics
Año: 1988, Volumen: 7, Número: 1, Páginas: 99-108
Otras palabras clave:B American Security
B Horror Story
B Security Market
B Economic Growth
B Widespread Abuse
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Sumario:Some have argued that because of weaknesses in corporate democracy, there is widespread abuse of shareholders' rights in American securities markets. I describe a number of “horror stories” that shareholders might tell to support this claim. Then I argue that despite appearances to the contrary, there is not widespread abuse of shareholders' rights in American securities markets. This is because (i) corporations, when doing things that look abusive, are generally violating neither the legal rights nor the “charter” rights of shareholders and (ii) shareholders — in their role as shareholders — have no other rights than these.
ISSN:1573-0697
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00382003