Corporate Norms: Characteristics and Main Subjects

At the end of the twentieth century, Russia began a period when the economy was denationalized. As a result of this, intensive development of new organizational and legal forms in the economy, significant liberalization of public relations. These trends served as an objective reason for social regulators to be distinguished - corporate norms.

But until now there is no single concept and understanding in the interpretation of this phenomenon. There are scientific searches in this industry, but they are carried out exclusively in the labor and civil-law aspects, when there is no serious theoretical analysis of the problem.

In the Russian management concept of "law" and "corporate norms" are considered in close interrelation. Therefore, the definition of this phenomenon will be made from a legal point of view.

Corporate norms are special regulators of public relations that arise within organizations, formal work collectives, in educational institutions, and in business associations. Usually they are also registered in the documents of non-governmental and non-profit corporations.

But as it was noted, the polarity of opinions regarding the available interpretations of the concept of "corporate norms" leads inevitably in practice to law enforcement and law-making mistakes.

The main problem is that they relate to social rules. Therefore, corporate standards relate to the behavior of members of a particular structure, which could be formed in the process of their mutual relations. They have the same (as well as social) specific features.

First, corporate standards are standards and patterns of behavior.

Secondly, they are designed to regulate certain social relations.

Thirdly, such norms are intended for permanent use and are mandatory.

Fourthly, their existence is provided by the availability of appropriate means and associations of people.

Fifthly, corporate norms have a common, non-individual character and regulatory functions.

Sixth, they are available in any organization.

Corporate norms have a certain subjective orientation, they are intended for a normatively determined, quantitatively calculated and personified circle of persons. The most numerous group involved in the sphere of their action is the work collective in the organization. It consists of employees who carry out labor specific duties on the job and who must comply with the staffing schedule. The labor activity of such persons is in many respects recommended to be regulated by means of local norms.

Among subjects of corporate norms it is possible to single out not only collective, but also individual subjects. Let us dwell in more detail on this issue.

Collective subjects are:

1. Economic societies (imply the pooling of capital). In accordance with the Civil Code there are certain types. First of all, we are talking about a limited liability company (LLC), a joint-stock company (AO) and a society with additional responsibility.

2. Economic partnerships (organizations that are an association of persons). We are talking about several types. They exist in two main types: complete and fellowship on faith.

Individual subjects are the individual subjects affected by corporate norms. They must have fixed duties and rights.

A special place is occupied by a body of a legal entity that is considered to be a full-fledged subject of corporate rules.