Presentation
AOM AAT Law Symposium Proposal (Final).pdf
Academy of Management, All-Academy Theme
(2017)
Abstract
Law undergirds the capitalist system and is “at the interface” of business and social relationships
but remains largely walled off from many traditional approaches to management education,
scholarship, and practice. Although a simple definition of law is “enforceable rules between
individuals and individuals and society,” law is also amedium bywhich relationships among and
obligations between management and internal and external stakeholders are negotiated and
formalized. Law can also drive (or impede) innovation by creating new rights (or burdening new
business models with undue regulation) and promote (or prevent) social change by setting the
boundaries for acceptable corporate actions. Legal rules for disclosure and corporate governance
can and have changed the rules of engagement between organizations and their internal and
external stakeholders. Environmental regulations, complemented by responsible corporate
decision-making, can profoundly affect the long-term viabilityof industries and of humans’ ability
to coexist with the natural environment. Law, and management of legal dimensions of business,
should be seen as inseparable from strategy, ethics, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability.
This interdisciplinary panel includes both legal and management scholars who focus in their
teaching and research on these topics. As a matter of execution, this panel will also be at the
interface: roughly half the time is budgeted for Q&A and conversation with attendees, moderated
with a clear goal in mind. The goal is to stimulate awareness and actionable “take-away” ideas that
(1) involve law and (2) relate to the teaching, research, and practice of strategy, business ethics,
stakeholder engagement, and sustainability.
Keywords
- law,
- management,
- interface,
- strategy,
- business ethics,
- sustainability
Disciplines
Publication Date
Summer 2017
Location
Atlanta, GA
Citation Information
Adam J. Sulkowski, Constance E. Bagley, J.S. Nelson, Waddock S., et al.. "AOM AAT Law Symposium Proposal (Final).pdf" Academy of Management, All-Academy Theme (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/josephine_sandler_nelson/34/