GoodCorp is a network of researchers and trade unionists dedicated to promoting a stakeholder approach to EU corporate governance and company law. Its three main activities are:

  • the exchange of information and opinions on current issues on the European corporate governance and company law agenda as well as on key developments in EU Member States

  • research and publication on policy options

  • advice and support for the European trade union movement on these issues

GOODCORP RESEARCH NETWORK ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

GoodCorp is a network of researchers and trade unionists dedicated to promoting a stakeholder approach to EU corporate governance and company law. Its three main activities are:

  • the exchange of information and opinions on current issues on the European corporate governance and company law agenda as well as on key developments in EU Member States
  • research and publication on policy options
  • advice and support for the European trade union movement on these issues

The Sustainable Company project

GoodCorp’s conceptual orientation was developed and elaborated in a series of three books on the “Sustainable Company”:

The Sustainable Company: a new approach to corporate governance (Vitols and Kluge, eds. 2011)

European company law and the Sustainable Company: a stakeholder approach (Vitols and Heuschmid, eds. 2013)

Long-term investment and the Sustainable Company: a stakeholder perspective (Vitols, ed. 2015)

The Six Elements of the Sustainable Company

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.GoodCorp Publications 

Books on Company Law and Workers' Rights

Exercising voice across borders: workers’ rights under the EU Cross-border Mergers Directive (Cremers and Vitols, eds. 2019)

Takeovers with or without worker voice: workers' rights under the EU Takeover (Cremers and Vitols, eds. 2016) 

ETUI Policy Briefs on Company Law and Workers' Rights

No.1/2021 Clerc, Christophe. The French ‘duty of vigilance’ law: Lessons for an EU Directive on due diligence in multinational supply chains

No.14/2020 Picard, Séverine.  Fair corporate taxation: why and how international tax rules need to be changed

No.10/2020 Kaliga, Anna/Oberdieck, Alexander. Non-financial reporting: how can it be a resource for workers?

No.8/2020 Johnston, Andrew. Company law and corporate governance after Brexit: from short-term disruption to long-term sustainability?

No.3/2020 McGauran, Katrin. Ending regulatory avoidance through the use of letterbox companies

No.1/2019 Pendleton, Andrew. Financial participation in Europe: opportunities and risks

No.11/2018 Hoffmann, Aline/Vitols, Sigurt. The EU company law package: how it should be improved to strengthen workers’ rights and avoid abuse through cross-border company mobility

No.3/2018 Ryding, Tove Maria. Tax justice in Europe: why does it matter for workers?

No.2/2018 Johnston, Andrew/Morrow, Paige. The revised Shareholder Rights Directive 2017: policy implications for workers