TY - BOOK AU - Lynch-Fannon,Irene AU - Ehlermann,Claus Dieter AU - Gosling,Louisa TI - Working Within Two Kinds of Capitalism: Corporate Governance and Employee Stakeholding - US and EC Perspectives T2 - Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law Series SN - 9781847311481 AV - K1327.L96 2003 U1 - 338.7/4 PY - 2003/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Industrial management -- Employee participation -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries KW - Industrial management -- Employee participation -- Law and legislation -- United States KW - Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- European Union countries KW - Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- United States KW - Electronic books N1 - Half Title Page -- Half Title verso -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Corporation and Its Employees -- INTRODUCTION TO THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DEBATE -- THE CORPORATION AND ITS EMPLOYEES -- REAL LIVES: TOO MUCH WORK AND NO WORK -- 2. Firm Theories and Employees as Stakeholders -- MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES -- FIRM THEORIES AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY -- CAPITAL MARKETS THEORY: CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL -- QUESTIONING THE CONTROL STRUCTURE -- CONCLUSION ON FIRM THEORIES -- TRANSATLANTIC COMPARISONS -- 3. The European Experience: Policy -- INTRODUCTION -- LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE SOCIAL POLICY -- COMPETITIVENESS AND SOCIAL PROTECTION -- EUROPE IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT -- CONCLUSION -- 4. The European Experience: Legislation -- THE PROPRIETORIAL INTEREST MODEL -- THE MANAGEMENT-LABOUR CONSULTATIVE MODEL -- THE TRADE UNION MODEL -- 5. US Models for Improved Governance -- EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP -- INSTITUTIONAL SHARE OWNERSHIP -- THE MULTI-FIDUCIARY APPROACH -- 6. The Theoretical Debate -- INTRODUCTION -- CORPORATE LAW SCHOLARS AND THE REAL WORLD -- OWNERSHIP -- STAKEHOLDING AND OWNERSHIP -- CORPORATE FUNCTION: 'TOTAL WEALTH CREATION' -- CORPORATE FUNCTION: LABOUR AS COST -- CORPORATE FUNCTION: THE COMMUNITARIAN VIEW -- 7. The Ethical Corporation -- TRUST -- THE ROLE OF ETHICS -- THE USE OF THE MULTI-FIDUCIARY APPROACH TO ACCOMMODATE THE ETHICAL CORPORATION -- THE CORPORATION AS PUBLIC ACTOR -- 8. Comparative Ownership Structures -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPARATIVE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES RELEVANT TO STAKEHOLDING IN THE ANGLO-AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN CORPORATION -- THE MARKET FOR CORPORATE CONTROL: A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE -- ADVANTAGES OF INSTITUTIONAL MONITORING -- THE COMMON LAW WORLD MEETS EUROPE: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND -- 9. Corporate Governance and Responsibility; INTRODUCTION -- THE SAME QUESTION: DIFFERENT ANSWERS -- DIFFERENT FORMS OF CAPITALISM -- WHAT DO SHAREHOLDERS OR RESIDUAL CLAIMANTS REALLY WANT? -- FUTURE STRATEGIES -- 10. The Global Corporation: Does Governance Matter? -- GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS -- THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND THE WORKER -- THE GLOBAL FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - This text compares the corporate governance structures of the US quoted company and its European equivalent and the role of employees within them UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1772717 ER -