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- Sustainable Value Creation in the European Union
- Sustainable Value Creation in the European Union
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I The Objectives of the EU’s Social Market Economy Revisited
- 1 Stimulating Value Creation in a Europe in Crisis
- 2 Ten Million or One Hundred Million Casualties? COVID-19 and Europe’s Sustainability Agenda
- 3 The Corporation and the EU Social Market Economy
- Part II The (UN)Sustainability of the EU Economic System
- Part III Ways Forward in the Promotion of Value Creation
- Part IV Thinking Ahead
- Index
3 - The Corporation and the EU Social Market Economy
A Renewed Commitment
from Part I - The Objectives of the EU’s Social Market Economy Revisited
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2022
- Sustainable Value Creation in the European Union
- Sustainable Value Creation in the European Union
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I The Objectives of the EU’s Social Market Economy Revisited
- 1 Stimulating Value Creation in a Europe in Crisis
- 2 Ten Million or One Hundred Million Casualties? COVID-19 and Europe’s Sustainability Agenda
- 3 The Corporation and the EU Social Market Economy
- Part II The (UN)Sustainability of the EU Economic System
- Part III Ways Forward in the Promotion of Value Creation
- Part IV Thinking Ahead
- Index
Summary
The US is often placed within a liberal-utilitarian model and the EU is often positioned within a social model. In corporate law theory, this distinction is presented as contractarianism versus communitarianism. The latter has traditionally represented the EU’s approach to corporate regulation, while the former represents the US approach. Rather than adhere to such neat divisions and other binary choices such as regulatory models versus voluntarist models such as the corporate social responsibility model, this chapter argues that the true resolution of difficulties associated with capitalism lies in the development of a new theoretical framework driven by an ethical challenge to those acting behind the corporate veil or under its shadow. This chapter exhorts that if we move on from binary divisions and present a meaningful ethical challenge to corporate actors such as shareholders and management, we can ensure better outcomes.
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- Sustainable Value Creation in the European UnionTowards Pathways to a Sustainable Future through Crises, pp. 58 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022