Discusses corporate social responsibility in the context of the 2008 global financial crisis. Considers the failure of corporate governance as one of the causes of the crisis. Examines how company law might be used to promote corporate social responsibility, noting in particular the concept of...

This chapter discusses the legal issues of rescue and corporate social responsibility during times of public crisis. It analyzes a corporate board's fiduciary duty related to the management of a public crisis and the provision of aid to government and the public. The thesis is that American...