"Much has been said about corporate social responsibility, and most organizations already understand that they must realign their traditional focus on profit alone to measure results in terms of their economic, social, and environmental effects. What remains largely unexplored is this question:...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Legal History of the Corporation -- 2. The Great Alignment: 1945-2000 -- 3. Corporation 1920 -- 4. Through the Looking Glass of Corporate Externalities -- 5. Incorporating Externalities --...

Over the last decades, management scholars have tried to examine whether profitability can be achieved with actions that also improve social and environmental performance. More recently, this debate has gained new traction with the emergence of the so-called "impact investors," who not only...