The Societal Company: Sustainability, Shareholder Value, and European Company Law

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Dr John Quinn (Dublin City University, Ireland)

The Societal Company

Sustainability, Shareholder Value, and European Company Law

Dr John Quinn (Dublin City University, Ireland)

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Hart Publishing
13 November 2025

Company law

Series: Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law

Many attempts have been made to reduce the harms caused by business and to make companies become socially responsible. This book approaches the subject from a new perspective arguing that reflexive law offers the best means to align the interests of large companies with those of society and that recent developments in European company law fit a reflexive model.

A reflexive company law, rather than trying to directly regulate companies, aims to affect internal decision-making processes to make companies responsive to outside interests and prevent them from operating as closed systems singularly focused on shareholder value. In this vein, the EU has recently imposed new obligations on companies to develop corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence processes as part of its objective to create a climate-neutral and sustainable economy.

This book presents an argument for how the ‘societal company’ – a company that has an internal culture of transnational responsibility to do no harm but that retains the autonomy necessary to be economically productive – can be established through reflexive law. The book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and lawyers interested in corporate sustainability, regulatory theory, company law and EU law.

By: Dr John Quinn (Dublin City University Ireland)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 238mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781509977741
ISBN 10: 1509977740
Series: Contemporary Studies in Corporate Law
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 13 November 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

John Quinn is Assistant Professor of Corporate Law at Dublin City University, Ireland.