The term corporate governance has come to mean many things to many people. One important reason is that views continue differ as to the fundamental question of the role the firm. While some believe that corporations can contribute best to society if they do what they do best, namely to provide high quality goods and services to the marketplace, for others corporate responsibilities are much broader.
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Cornelius et al. (2003) studied this question.
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