Michael B. Dorff is the Michael & Jessica Downer Endowed Chair, Professor of Law, and Director of the Technology Law and Entrepreneurship Concentration at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles.
"""Michael Dorff's fascinating new book is essential reading for anyone interested in learning about this newer type of corporate entity that was created to help organizations balance purpose with profit.""—Michael J. Downer, Senior Lawyer and Executive (ret.) Capital Group American Funds ""Essential reading for anyone interested in learning about this newer type of corporate entity that is expressly permitted to balance purpose with profit.""—Michael J. Downer, former Senior Lawyer and Executive, Capital Group ""Why do corporations exist? Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation mines the tensions that underpin democracy and capitalism—through the story of the public benefit corporation, a (decades-old) innovation in corporate governance designed to support business entrepreneurs keen to balance purpose vs. profits. The book is timely, both for those who aspire to create great companies equipped to perform across multiple dimensions of value creation, and for those who hope to hold business to account.""—Judy Samuelson, Founder and Executive Director, Aspen Institute Business and Society Program ""Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation does an excellent job explaining the rise of new corporate forms—the public benefit corporation and the benefit corporation—in the context of both the rise of shareholder primacy and society's need to have corporations better meet the needs of stakeholders in addition to shareholders.""—Susan Mac Cormac, Partner, Morrison Foerster ""This book is essential reading for investors, innovative business leaders and board members of public and privately held corporations interested in the ways companies can be more socially responsible and more profitable.""—Carl Albert, Chairman, Surf Air Mobility"