Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

A quiet, but important, corporate revolution is afoot in the United States. Many of us, laypersons and corporate scholars alike, have not even noticed. Recently, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. became the first states in this country to pass legislation for the creation of a new type of corporation--the benefit corporation.

This Article explores benefit corporations as a tool entrepreneurs can use to make money, foster environmental sustainability, and create societal improvement.

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