Lynn Stout is Distinguished Professor of Corporate and Business Law at the Jack G. Clarke Business Law Institute at Cornell Law School. Professor Stout is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of corporate governance, securities regulation, financial derivatives, law and economics, and moral behavior. She is the author of numerous articles and books on these topics and lectures widely. She is also the author of Cultivating Conscience: How Good Laws Make Good People and the award-winning book, The Shareholder Value Myth.