Umberto Tombari
What are corporations for? Is the corporate purpose to solve the problems of people and planet profitably or just to make money for shareholders? What role should or could a sustainable corporate governance and the interests of the stakeholders play? Never before has the debate over corporate purpose been so heated. It is now one of the hottest legal and – more in general – public policy issue. This article critically examines these topics and the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility/ Environmental Social Governance and Corporate Purpose.
1. Dalla Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) alla Environmental Social Governance (ESG): prime riflessioni. – 2. La centralità e la predominanza culturale del dibattito sullo “scopo della società”. – 3. Alcune considerazioni sparse sullo “scopo della società” – 4. Verso nuovi campi problematici (e nuovi convegni)