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BENEFIT CORPORATION [1 record]

Record 1 2024-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
CONT

Over the past decade, a new corporate form, the "benefit corporation," has become increasingly available and increasingly popular across the United States. A benefit corporation is a special form of corporation that, in addition to aiming to generate profits by operating a business, promotes one or more public benefits that are identified in its constituting documents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
CONT

[...] on a surtout travaillé autour de l'entreprise. On a posé des balises pour l'encadrer. Ce sont les lois liées à l'environnement et au traitement des employés et des consommateurs. Mais on a très peu touché au cœur, soit à la finalité de l'entreprise. Aux États-Unis, les «benefit corporation» ou «entreprises d'intérêt pour la société» sont des entreprises à but lucratif qui ont pour but un impact positif sur la société. Il ne s'agit pas d'une intention, mais bien d'une forme juridique.

OBS

Un hybride entre organisation à but lucratif et organisation à but non lucratif[; inventé] aux États-Unis en 2010 [...]

Spanish

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