STAKEHOLDER CONCEPT OF MANAGING A LEGAL ENTITY

Abstract

The paper discusses two main concepts of corporate governance (European and American), the separation of which is due to the different attitude to the consideration of the interests of persons interested in the activities of legal entities (stakeholders). Despite the persistence of conservative approaches to corporate governance in some states (for example, the United States), this paper reveals the global trend of development and dissemination of stakeholder (European) concept, which recognizes the need to take into account the interests of various stakeholders — employees, creditors, public legal entities, etc. The author describes the approaches of Russian scientists to the role of stakeholders in corporate governance and on the basis of developing legal regulation and emerging judicial practice, concludes that domestic corporate governance is becoming closer to the European concept. It seems that the study of a legal entity through the prism of the stakeholder concept fundamentally changes the traditional design of this legal entity and makes it possible to systematically solve problems related to corporate social responsibility of legal entities.