Director Accountability and the Mediating Role of the Corporate Board

Authors

Margaret M. Blair, Vanderbilt University
Lynn A. Stout, Georgetown University Law Center

Publication Title

Washington University Law Quarterly

Abstract

One of the most pressing questions facing both corporate scholars and businesspeople today is how corporate directors can be made accountable. Before addressing this issue, however, it seems important to consider two antecedent questions: To whom should directors be accountable? And for what?

Recommended Citation

Margaret M. Blair and Lynn A. Stout, Director Accountability and the Mediating Role of the Corporate Board, 79 Wash. U. L. Q. 403 (2001).
Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_lawreview/vol79/iss2/1