Corporations, Investors, and ESG

LAW9340
Section 1, Spring 24

Schedule Information

Enrollment: 20/20
Credits: 3
Days Time Room Start Date End Date

Tue

 		1330-1530 WB162

Course Description

Major investors, including large mutual funds, increasingly incorporate the consideration of environmental, social and corporate governance factors into their investment and proxy voting decisions. As a result debates over social responsibility, gender diversity on boards, sustainability, and corporate purpose have moved to the forefront of corporate law. This seminar will engage with scholarship—as well as practitioner materials—addressing these developments and consider how companies are responding to these developments.

Course Requirements

Exam Information

Final Type (if any): None

Description: None

Written Work Product

Students will write response papers reflecting on the readings (deadlines to be announced), and come prepared for discussion. The response papers will be submitted directly to the instructor, not via EXPO.

Other Course Details

Prerequisites: (Corporations (6103) OR Corporations (Law & Business) (6109)) Students who have not completed LAW 6103 or LAW 6019 may request a waiver of the prerequisite from the instructor, and if approved, it must be provided to the Student Records Office (SRO) in writing. Concurrencies: None

Exclusive With: None

Laptops Allowed: Yes

First Day Attendance Required: No

Course Resources: None

Graduation Requirements

Satisfies Understanding Bias/Racism/Cross-Cultural Competency requirement: Yes

Satisfies Writing Requirement: No

Credits For Prof. Skills Requirement: No

Satisfies Professional Ethics: No

Additional Course Information

Schedule No.: 124218703

Modified Type: ABA Seminar

Cross Listed: No

Concentrations: Business Organization and Finance

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Evaluation Portal Via LawWeb Closes: Sunday, April 28, 11:59 PM

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