Corporate Governance and Stakeholder Capitalism

Presentation/Infographic

Social Market–Market Socialism, Corporate Governance Regulatory Continuum

Intl Labour Organization (ILO), Palgrave Macmillan

Alternative conceptual framework for corporate governance regulation that emphasizes the policy choices and tradeoffs particularly relevant to ensuring that companies focus on creating long-term enterprise and thus social value rather than near-term shareholder returns alone. Because today essentially every country operates a mixed economy, the 20th century polemic over state vs. private ownership is increasingly beside the point and obscures this more fundamental policy consideration.

Book

Sustainable Enterprise Value Creation: Implementing Stakeholder Capitalism through Full ESG Integration

Palgrave Macmillan, WEF

This book provides the most thorough treatment to date of the practical implications for corporate boards and management teams of a commitment to implement the concepts of sustainable enterprise value creation and stakeholder capitalism rigorously -- i.e., by walking the talk in corporate governance, strategy, reporting and partnerships.

Article

The big fallacy in the backlash against ESG and stakeholder capitalism

WEF

Article critically analyzing the backlash against ESG and stakeholder capitalism in the US.

Video

WEF 2022 Panel Discussion: Restoring the Future – Navigating the journey to sustainability

Panel discussion on the internalization of material social and environmental externalities in corporate governance and management decision making, i.e., on walking the talk of stakeholder capitalism, Davos 2022.

Article

Integrated Corporate Governance: Six Leadership Priorities for Boards Beyond the Crisis

Forbes

Harvard's Jane Nelson and I outline a six-point leadership agenda for corporate boards seeking to strengthen their firms’ long-term competitiveness and resilience in the face of a number of systemic societal challenges reshaping the operating context of business in the 2020s.

Report

Partnering to Strengthen Public Governance: The Leadership Challenge for CEOs and Boards

WEF, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)

Five-organization business community joint statement on "Partnering to Strengthen Public Governance," 2008

Report

Mainstreaming Responsible Investment

World Economic Forum (WEF)

Report identifying specific obstacles to wider incorporation of non-financial considerations in the valuation and investment strategies of major institutional investors. WEF Global Corporate Citizenship Initiative with AccountAbility's Simon Zadek and Mira Merme.

Report

Global Corporate Citizenship: The Leadership Challenge for CEOs and Boards

WEF, Prince of Wales Intl Business Leaders Forum

Early articulation of global corporate citizenship agenda in a joint statement by a task force of World Economic Forum CEOs in cooperation with the Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum.