Stakeholder Capitalism

Davos Attendees Discuss "Stakeholder Capitalism"

January 22, 2020

Business leaders and policy makers attending this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland are considering the implications of transitioning from a classical interpretation of the role of businesses to maximize shareholder value to the role of maximizing the outcomes for a variety of stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, employees, suppliers, and communities.
Gorman: Rollout of 5G Cellular Networks Constitutes a "Geopolitical Turning Point"

January 08, 2020

According to Lindsay Gorman writing in The Atlantic, the West has ample reason for caution about Chinese 5G suppliers, including a recent Chinese National Intelligence Law requiring companies to comply with Communist Party demands to turn over data or otherwise engage in snooping or network-disruption activities.
Former Google Executive Criticizes Google's Human Rights Record

January 07, 2020

Ross LaJeunesse, the former head of global international relations at Google, has posted a strongly-worded blog post criticizing the company for its alleged neglect of human rights concerns.
Delcker: Regulation of Face-Scanning Technology Eludes U.S. and European Officials

January 01, 2020

According to Politico's Janosch Delcker, as face-scanning technology inspires privacy fears in the United States and Europe, efforts to check its spread are hitting a wall of resistance on both sides of the Atlantic.
UN Global Compact Report Urges Businesses to Address Health of People and Planet

December 12, 2019

Writing in GreenBiz Insights, Charlotte Erbsol and Vincent Gauthier explain how the United Nations Global Compact's report "Business Leadership Brief for Health Planet, Healthy People," highlights "three key insights that can help companies create effective and lasting solutions that address the health of people and planet."
Digital Tax Goldrush Creates Big Compliance Challenges for Multinational Tech Companies

October 30, 2019

Writing in forbes.com, Brian Peccarelli, co-CEO of Thompson Reuters, explains the compliance challenges digital tax proposals are posing for multinational tech companies.
OECD Global Tax Proposal Takes Aim at Tech Giants

October 16, 2019

The OECD has proposed a global shake-up of corporate taxation, overturning a century of rules that had allowed digital groups such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google to shift profits around the world to minimize their tax bills.
China Export of Surveillance Technology Could Yield Data Benefits for Communist Party

October 08, 2019

According to some experts, China's push to export its surveillance technology via some of its biggest companies, including to liberal democracies, has raised concerns because of the risk of data being siphoned back to Beijing and the growing influence of the Communist Party.
UN Global Compact Launches CFO Network to Advance SDGs

October 02, 2019

The United Nations Global Compact has launched the first network for Chief Financial Officers focused on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals through corporate strategy and investments.
OECD Launches Tool to Analyze Support for SDGs

September 26, 2019

To provide more information about the financing of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), the OCED has launched the SDG Financing Lab, an interactive website that quantifies the contribution of different donors to the SDGs and helps increase transparency and improve the impact of aid.