Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the School of Law for a talk titled “The Public Benefit Corporation: Panacea or Pipe Dream?” Wednesday, Oct. 9, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Moot Courtroom (A59).
The public benefit corporation (“PBC”) is a relatively new form of business organization that is designed to harness the power of capitalism to solve social problems. PBCs must try to earn profits, but they must also pursue some social purpose. Will they work as intended? Or will companies use this new form as a marketing tool while retaining a single-minded focus on increasing their profits?
Michael Dorff, executive director of the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, will explore these questions.