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And the Academy Award for best supporting role goes…to the class..

The UBC Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology piece that included footage taken in the class has been posted. It is actually about some of the open pedagogies incorporated through our course website and the use of lecture capture. Since the interview with me was actually filmed the week before Biz Org started, my reference […]

Class 16: The Legal Architecture of Business Governance #1

Today’s video & slides…. jon

6.2 – Shadow Directors

I think that it may be possible for a corporation to be a shadow director of another corporation. A key distinction between a shadow and de facto director is the fact that a shadow director claims not to be a director. Since they are not purporting to be an actual director of the company they […]

Discussion Activity 6.1

1. Why do you think section 137(2)(b) of the BCBCA is necessary and worded the way it is?  I believe that section 137(2) of the BCBCA is necessary to prevent any confusion that might arise from overlapping jurisdiction. In the event that powers of the directors were transferred, situations could arise where directors nonetheless claimed […]

Discussion 6.2: Corporations as Shadow Directors

I think this question is, in fact, more complex than it might seem on first glance. At the end of the day, however, I think the reasonable answer is that a corporation cannot be the shadow director of another corporation. My first impulse was to say that yes, a corporation could be the shadow director […]