Corporate Governance: Liberty versus Equality
ABSTRACT
This colloquium focused on the role of corporate governance in a free society. The attending business executives explored the extent to which liberty is promoted or hindered by contemporary regulatory schemes and efforts. The conferees also examined differing models of corporate governance and assessed the roles of liberty and responsibility implied by each model.
READING LIST
Conference Readings
Albert, Michel. Capitalism Against Capitalism. London: Whurr Publishers Ltd., 1992.
Capaldi, Nicholas. "Conflicting Conceptions of Business Management: Liberty vs. Equality." Reason Papers, New Orleans, LA, January 7, 2010.
Dolgopolov, Stanislav , "Insider Trading." in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, Edited by David R. Henderson, 276-280. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2008.
Freeman, Edward, "Managing For Stakeholders." in Ethical Theory and Business, Edited by Tom L. Beauchamp, Norman Bowie, Denis Arnold, 56-68. Upper Saddle River: Pearson (Prentice Hall), 2009.
Friedman, Milton, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits” In Ethical Theory and Business, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp, Norman Bowie, Denis Arnold, 51-55. Upper Saddle River: Pearson (Prentice Hall), 2009.
Hessen, Robert, “Corporations” In The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, edited by David R. Henderson, 95-98. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc, 2008.
Hoopes, James. False Prophets: The Gurus Who Created Modern Management and Why Their Ideas Are Bad For Business Today. New York: Perseus Books Group, 2003.
Ian Maitland and Mitsuhiro Umezu. "An Evaluation of Japan's Stakeholder Capitalism." Journal of Private Enterprise xxii, no. 2 (Spring 2006): 131-164.
Kroszner, Randall, "Corporate Governance." in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, Edited by David R. Henderson, 89-92. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2008.
Macey, Jonathan R. Corporate Governance: Promises Kept, Promises Broken. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.
Manne, Henry. "In Defense of Insider Trading." Harvard Business Review (1996): 113-122.