Binding Capital to Free Purpose: Steward Ownership in Germany

Author:

Sanders Anne1

Affiliation:

1. Chair for Civil law, Company law, the law of family businesses and comparative judicial studies, University of Bielefeld , Germany Bielefeld

Abstract

Abstract 622This paper discusses steward ownership, a concept of business ownership aiming at long-term and purpose-oriented entrepreneurship developed in Germany. Steward ownership can be seen in the context of the current worldwide discussion of corporate purpose and legal innovations like the US-American benefit corporation and the French société a mission has developed a unique approach. The concept is currently put into practice using German company law and the law of foundations. However, in the coalition agreement of the current German government, a new legal form is envisaged to facilitate the founding of steward-owned businesses. The paper presents the concepts and discusses a draft law developed as food for thought for the legislature.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Law,Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

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