Essays about: "Directors’ Duties"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Directors’ Duties.

  1. 1. Getting hard to resist: Prospect of mandatory human rights due diligence in Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Ihor Konopka; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and human rights; corporate respect for human rights; due diligence; human rights due diligence; mandatory human rights due diligence; corporate civil liability; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) introduced human rights due diligence (HRDD) as a societal expectation to businesses to implement a new kind of due diligence risk management process to ‘know and show’ they respect human rights. Ten years later, mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) legislation imposing a legal duty to carry out HRDD has become mainstream across Europe. READ MORE

  3. 2. The American Business Judgment Rule and Swedish Law - A Comparative Analysis of the American Business Judgment Rule and Its Eventual Counterpart in Swedish Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Erik Rosberg; [2019]
    Keywords : The Business Judgment Rule; Business Judgment Rule; BJR; Director; Board of Directors; Officer; Chief Executive Officer; CEO; Directors’ Duties; Liabilities; Method Liability; Shareholder; Business Law; Corporate Law; Corporation Law; Comparative Law; American Law; U.S. Law; Swedish Law; United States; United States of America; Sweden; Model Business Corporation Act; MBCA; Delaware General Corporation Law; DGCL; Delaware; Swedish Companies Act; styrelse; verkställande direktör; VD; styrelseansvar; skadestånd; skadeståndsskyldighet; metodansvar; aktieägare; associationsrätt; aktiebolagsrätt; bolagsrätt; förmögenhetsrätt; komparativ rätt; amerikansk rätt; svensk rätt; USA; Sverige; aktiebolagslag; ABL; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att undersöka huruvida svenska styrelseledamöter och verkställande direktörer kan förvänta sig att de svenska domstolarna prövar affärsbeslut på ett liknande sätt som de amerikanska domstolarna prövar affärsbeslut. Undersökningen möjliggör en komparativrättslig analys av huruvida det finns något i svensk rätt som liknar den i amerikansk rätt existerande BJR, vilket några svenska rättsvetenskapliga forskare hävdar. READ MORE

  4. 3. What are we protecting? - A study of the Swedish regulation of deal protection arrangements

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Marcus Gustavsson; [2018]
    Keywords : associationsrätt; bolagsrätt; company law; law and economics; aktiemarknadsrätt; stock exchange law; comparative law; komparativ rätt; företagsförvärv; takeover; m a; aktiebolagsrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis evaluates and examines the effects of the Swedish regulation of deal protection arrangements by looking to the impact of the provision on the Swedish capital market and target shareholders. The foundations of the Swedish takeover regulation are examined by presenting and arguing the relevant provisions in, and relationship between, stock exchange law, corporate law and EU law. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hostile takeovers in the face of the Business Judgment Rule : A comparative analysis between Sweden and the United States of America in regard to the Business Judgment Rule and the Unocal test.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sandra Nagy; [2016]
    Keywords : business judgment rule; unocal; hostile takeovers; sweden; the united states of america; business judgment rule; unocal; fientliga företagsförvärv; företagsförvärv; sverige; usa;

    Abstract : In cases concerning a hostile takeover occurring in the United States, the board of directors must fulfill the duties set forward by the Unocal test. If the board of directors succeed, it implies that the decision, regardless if it is a bad decision, is protected by the Business Judgment Rule. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Role of Internal Audits within Financial Institutions in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Zeljka Baric; [2016]
    Keywords : internal audit; corporate governance; regulations; board of directors; audit committee; senior management; agency theory;

    Abstract : Corporate governance is a highly discussed topic in financial circles. Recent corporate failures have triggered regulatory reforms where the internal audit was given a stronger position. However, this regulatory evolution also brought challenges to internal audit activity. READ MORE