Dr Shuangge Wen

Associate Professor

Law

+44 (0) 1792 295833

s.wen@swansea.ac.uk

Office - 102
First Floor
Richard Price Building
Singleton Campus

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-7288

About

Prior to joining Swansea Law School in 2011, Dr. Shuangge Wen was a lecturer at the University of Liverpool. Dr. Wen took a professorship position at Jilin University in 2014. She nevertheless remains affiliated with the IISTL and serves as visiting professor in Swansea.

Her research specialism extends from general aspects of business law to interdisciplinary areas including corporate governance, business ethics and investment strategy. After completing her PhD at the University of Manchester, focusing on the long-standing debate concerning the purposes of the corporation, she has spent the past years in researching an assortment of interrelated corporate governance topics. These have included the significance of socio-economic and cultural contexts in shaping corporate governance, the role of institutional investors in governance practice, and the growth in attention to corporate ethics. Her research has been fruitful in this area, particularly in terms of the acceptance of lengthy papers by leading journals including Journal of Law and Society, Business Ethics: a European Review, Stanford Journal of International Law, American Business Law Journal, and European Business Organisation Law Review.

Areas Of Expertise

Company Law
Corporate Governance
Business Ethics
and general aspects of Business Law

Publications

Research Highlights

Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2022). CORPORATE SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. Stanford Journal of International Law, 58(1. Winter), 63-111.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58708
https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-journal-of-international-law-sjil/
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2021). Trends and Development of the Directors’ Duty of Loyalty in China: A Case Analysis. Sustainability, 13(15), 8589
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158589, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57511
Wen, S., Taddeo, M., & Pitt, J. (2021). Some Ethical, Legal, and Social Dimensions of Pandemic Response Technology. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 40(2), 41-46.
https://doi.org/10.1109/mts.2021.3077054, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57512
Zhao, J., Wen, S., Parry, R., & Wei, C. (2022). Eliminating zombie companies through insolvency law in China: striking a balance between market-oriented policies and government intervention. Asia Pacific Law Review, 29, 1-24.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2022.2033083, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56302
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2020). The Commons, the Common Good and Extraterritoriality: Seeking Sustainable Global Justice through Corporate Responsibility. Sustainability, 12(22), 9475
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229475, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55662

All Research

Journal Articles

Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2022). CORPORATE SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. Stanford Journal of International Law, 58(1. Winter), 63-111.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58708
https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-journal-of-international-law-sjil/
Zhao, J., Wen, S., Parry, R., & Wei, C. (2022). Eliminating zombie companies through insolvency law in China: striking a balance between market-oriented policies and government intervention. Asia Pacific Law Review, 29, 1-24.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10192557.2022.2033083, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56302
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2021). Trends and Development of the Directors’ Duty of Loyalty in China: A Case Analysis. Sustainability, 13(15), 8589
https://doi.org/10.3390/su13158589, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57511
Wen, S., Taddeo, M., & Pitt, J. (2021). Some Ethical, Legal, and Social Dimensions of Pandemic Response Technology. IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 40(2), 41-46.
https://doi.org/10.1109/mts.2021.3077054, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57512
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2020). The Commons, the Common Good and Extraterritoriality: Seeking Sustainable Global Justice through Corporate Responsibility. Sustainability, 12(22), 9475
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12229475, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55662
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2020). The bumpy road of home states’ regulation of globalised businesses – legal and institutional disruptions to supply chain disclosure under the modern slavery act. Catholic University Law Review, 69(1), 125-162.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa49611
Zhao, J. & Wen, S. (2019). The Eligibility of Claimants to Commence Derivative Litigation on Behalf of China's Joint Stock Limited Companies. Hong Kong Law Journal, 48(2), 687-738.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40308
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2017). Contextualizing Legal Norms: A Multi-Dimensional View of the 2014 Legal Capital Reform in China. European Business Organization Law Review
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40804-017-0098-7, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33205
Wen, S. (2016). The Cogs and Wheels of Reflexive Law - Business Disclosure under the Modern Slavery Act. Journal of Law and Society, 43(3), 327-359.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2016.00758.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa27847
Wen, S. (2014). The Ideals and Reality of a Legal Transplant: The Veil-Piercing Doctrine in China. Stanford Journal of International Law, 50(2)
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16702
Wen, S. (2013). Revisiting the Corporate Objective through the Economic Lens. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 8, 302-317.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16700
Zhao, J. & Wen, S. (2013). Gift Giving, Guanxi and Confucianism in a Harmonious Society: What Chinese Law could Learn from English Law on Aspects of Directors’ Duties. Company Lawyer, 381-388.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16699
Zhao, J. & Wen, S. (2013). The Legitimacy of Unsecured Creditor Protection through the Lens of Corporate Social Responsibility. Journal of Business Law, 8, 868-898.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16701
Wen, S. (2013). The Archilles Heel that Hobbles the Asian Giant - The Legal and Cultural Impediments to Antibribery Initiatives in China. American Business Law Journal, 50(3), 483-541.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ablj.12013, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13328
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2011). Exploring the Rationale of Enlightened Shareholder Value in the Realm of UK Company Law – The Path Dependence Perspective. International Trade and Business Law Review, XIV, 153-173.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16698
Wen, S. (2011). The Magnitude of Shareholder Value as the Overriding Objective in the UK - The Post-Crisis Perspective. Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 26(7), 325-338.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7103
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2010). Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis: Did the Theories Stand the Test?. Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, 25(10), 612-617.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16697
Zhao, J. & Wen, S. (2010). Promoting Stakeholders' Interests in the Unique Chinese Corporate Governance Model. International Company and Commercial Law Review, 21(11), 373-385.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7114
Wen, S. & Zhao, J. (2010). Revisiting the Scope of a Scheme of Arrangement - Insights Derived from Lehman. Bankers Law, 3(3), 20-28.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16696
Wen, S. (2009). Institutional Investor Activism on Socially Responsible Investment: Effects and Expectations. Business Ethics: A European Review, 18(3), 308-333.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8608.2009.01565.x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa7105

Authored Books

Wen, S. (2013). Shareholder Primacy and Corporate Governance: Legal Aspects, Practices, and Future Directions Routledge.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa14762
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415536264/

Supervision

The Importance of Minority Shareholder Protection : A Comparative Analysis of Derivative Claim in England and Wales and Derivative Action in Nigeria and Unfair Prejudicial Petition under both Jurisdictions. (awarded 2023)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Michael Draper

Other supervisor: Dr Caroline Jones

Taught Modules

LACM20 International Corporate Law and Governance

A spate of high-profile corporate failures over the past few decades have called for detailed examination and investigation of the legal and financial backdrop against which these disasters have been played out. Issues including the role, duties and liabilities of directors, the function of shareholders and various stakeholders, and importantly, the part played by the professional agents of theses separate organs of the company, have become a compelling focus for company lawyers and other corporate regulators on a global scale. The effects of globalisation, together with the increase in foreign investment and resource development within the developing world, have created a context for human rights abuses by States in which transnational corporations are complicit. The second part of the module focusses on these `governance gaps¿, as identified by Professor John Ruggie, the UN¿s Special Representative, and considers how they may be closed. We shall examine the status of corporations under international law, the civil liability of corporations for their participation in international crimes, and self-regulation through voluntary codes of conduct, such as the 2011 UN Guiding Principles In the first semester, we aim to provide students an overall knowledge and appreciation of company law and other forms of governance in the contemporary environment, with a specific focus on the UK perspective. Recent changes in this field will also be explored, to discover how the legal system encourages the practical transition to a more sustainable corporate culture. In the second semester, we will provide a comprehensive analysis of the major legal issues emanating from the trans-border operations of multinational enterprises. We examine the commercial concerns of transnational companies against the context of the national, regional and international regimes governing labour, human rights, environmental, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility issues. We will also consider the regulatory choices open to policy makers at both home and host states of multinational enterprises. This module will provide a strong platform for students intending to utilize their knowledge in the global market.