Shareholders' Ethical Responsibility Key to Corporate Social Responsibility Success
The article explores how shareholders can be responsible for ethical decision-making in corporations, even though corporate law often prioritizes profit maximization. Shareholders have the power to influence corporate social responsibility, but many academic lawyers are skeptical of ethical investment decisions. The research argues that considering ethics in investment decisions is compatible with the current view of corporations as contractual entities. It suggests that dismissing ethical investment is not the right approach to addressing this tension.