M. Jones, Thomas et D. Goldberg, Leonard, Governing the Large Corporation: More Arguments for Public Directors, Academy of Management review , 7(4), 1982, pp. 603-611
Government appointed public directors may or may not make corporations behave in a socially acceptable manner, but they would be an appropriate response to three corporate governance problems: (1) the vagueness of the social responsibility doctrine; (2) the legitimacy of corporate social decision making; and (3) the compatibility of corporate governance with democratic principles.