Social Enterprises in Asia

A leading comparative corporate law and governance scholar, Ernest Lim is Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of two acclaimed books with Cambridge: A Case for Shareholders' Fiduciary Duties in Common Law Asia (2019), which won the Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Runner-Up Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship; and Sustainability and Corporate Mechanisms in Asia (2020).

'There is a consensus that corporate governance should focus on the right thing – creating durable wealth for investors through the sale of safe and useful products and services, the respectful and fair treatment of all stakeholders, particularly workers, and sustainable, environmentally responsible conduct. But, unless we build on that shared belief across the full scope of the world's leading market economies, we won't succeed. In his important book spelling out positive steps for leading Asian market economies to embrace stakeholder capitalism, Professor Lim has enhanced the possibility of convergence with the B Corp movement in OECD and a future where all leading market economies channel company behavior in the way that produces the most real wealth and value.' Leo E. Strine, Jr., Former Chief Justice and Chancellor, the State of Delaware; Ira M. Millstein Distinguished Senior Fellow, Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Governance, Columbia Law School; Michael L. Wachter Distinguished Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

• 1. Introduction and overview; 2. Corporate purpose; 3. Directors' duties; 4. Decision-Making powers; 5. Reporting, impact measurement, and certification; 6. Distribution of dividends, assets and tax benefits; 7. Conclusion.