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Berle-Dodd debate  

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  • The Berle-Dodd debate of the early 1930s, between specialists in corporation law, was the opening exchange in the still-raging controversy about shareholder versus stakeholder views of the firm. This controversy concerns the primary purpose of the publicly owned corporation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Berle-Dodd Debate]

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