Book contents
- The Profit Motive
- The Profit Motive
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editorial Note
- 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
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
1 - The Battle of River Rouge
from Part I - The Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
Book contents
- The Profit Motive
- The Profit Motive
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editorial Note
- 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
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Dodge v. Ford Motor Co. is the seminal case on the fiduciary duties of corporate directors with respect to profit maximization. The chapter provides the factual context of the case and analyzes the law.
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- The Profit MotiveDefending Shareholder Value Maximization, pp. 27 - 36Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023