COMPARATIVE LEGAL ASPECTS OF ENSURING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF COMPANIES IN RESOLVING CORPORATE CONFLICTS IN UKRAINE AND THE UNITED STATES

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Published: Mar 22, 2019

  Vitalii Demianchuk

  Pavlo Bortsevych

Abstract

The aim of the article is to reveal the legal nature of corporate conflicts and ways to overcome them in Ukraine and the United States. The subject of the study is corporate conflicts caused by the corporate relations that arise between the owners of corporate rights, as well as the relationship between the owners of corporate rights and management bodies of the company. Methodology. The study is based on general scientific and specialscientific methods and techniques of scientific knowledge. The logical semantic method enabled to determine the content of the concepts of “corporate conflict” and “greenmail”. The comparative legal method enabled to compare the doctrinal approaches to this issue. The same method enabled to analyse US law regarding the subject matter. The normative dogmatic method enabled to interpret the content of legal regulations of domestic and foreign legislation that regulate the issue of corporate conflicts and ways to overcome them. The system-structural method enabled to analyse objective and subjective causes of corporate conflicts. Methods of analysis and synthesis enabled to distinguish features of corporate blackmail as the cause of corporate conflicts. The method of legal modelling enabled to develop proposals regarding greenmail prevention in Ukraine. Practical implications. Studies on the issue of greenmail in the US helped to develop recommendations for prevention of greenmail in Ukraine, as well as to identify issues requiring further consideration and research. Relevance/originality. The concepts of “corporate conflict” and “greenmail” are defined. The objective and subjective causes of the occurrence of corporate conflicts, the reasons for their occurrence, as well as the subjective component of the parties to the corporate conflict are analysed. The absence of the legal definition of the concept of greenmail and the effective mechanism of its prevention is stated, therefore, appropriate recommendations to prevent its occurrence are formulated.

How to Cite

Demianchuk, V., & Bortsevych, P. (2019). COMPARATIVE LEGAL ASPECTS OF ENSURING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF COMPANIES IN RESOLVING CORPORATE CONFLICTS IN UKRAINE AND THE UNITED STATES. Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, 5(1), 54-58. https://doi.org/10.30525/2256-0742/2019-5-1-54-58
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Keywords

corporate conflict, conflict of interest, objective causes, subjective causes, greenmail, corporate blackmail

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