Corporate behaviour is the behaviour of an organisation when considered as a single body.

The behaviour of an organisation is influenced by the arrangements for its ownership and control. When the owner(s) appoint agents to manage the organisation, conflicts of interest arise which are studied as the principal–agent problem.

See also

• Business ethics
  Business ethics
  Business ethics is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations.Business...
  
  
• Corporate crime
  Corporate crime
  In criminology, corporate crime refers to crimes committed either by a corporation , or by individuals acting on behalf of a corporation or other business entity...
  
  
• Corporate law
  Corporate law
  Corporate law is the study of how shareholders, directors, employees, creditors, and other stakeholders such as consumers, the community and the environment interact with one another. Corporate law is a part of a broader companies law...
  
  
• Corporate personhood
  Corporate personhood
  Corporate personhood is the status conferred upon corporations under the law, which allows corporations to have rights and responsibilities similar to those of a natural person. There is a question about which subset of rights that are afforded to natural persons should also be afforded to...
  
  
• Corporate governance
  Corporate governance
  Corporate governance is a number of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions which have impact on the way a company is controlled...
  
  
• Corporate social responsibility
  Corporate social responsibility
  Corporate social responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model...
  
  
• Corporation
  Corporation
  A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
  
  
• Normative ethics
  Normative ethics
  Normative ethics is the study of ethical action. It is the branch of philosophical ethics that investigates the set of questions that arise when considering how one ought to act, morally speaking...
  
  
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  The Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002 , also known as the 'Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act' and 'Corporate and Auditing Accountability and Responsibility Act' and commonly called Sarbanes–Oxley, Sarbox or SOX, is a United States federal law enacted on July 30, 2002, which...
  
  
• Shareholder
  Shareholder
  A shareholder or stockholder is an individual or institution that legally owns one or more shares of stock in a public or private corporation. Shareholders own the stock, but not the corporation itself ....
  
  
• Stakeholder concept
  Stakeholder concept
  A corporate stakeholder is a party that can affect or be affected by the actions of thebusiness as a whole. The stakeholder concept was first used in a 1963 internal memorandum at the Stanford Research Institute. It defined stakeholders as "those groups without whose support the organization...
  
  
• Whistleblower
  Whistleblower
  A whistleblower is a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities occurring in a government department, a public or private organization, or a company...