Federalist Society and SEC’s Roisman on Future of ESG, Corporate Governance
Yesterday the Federalist Society held an excellent virtual event on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) theory, addressing “the divergent views that drive the ongoing debate about shareholder versus stakeholder capitalism.” Former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Paul Atkins (also a former CEI event guest) served as moderator and opened the event with a reference to Milton Friedman’s famous 1970
New York Times Magazinearticle, “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits.”
Times published a symposium of (mostly negative) short articles on its anniversary last year, and many other outlets published their own, including