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White & Case: The Rise of Stakeholder Capitalism
September 14, 2021
Jessica Lynd and Walter Spak of White & Case have published on JDSupra.com an overview of the transition from Milton Friedman's "shareholder primacy" doctrine to the recent movement that shifts corporate focus from "shareholder primacy" to stakeholder capitalism, whose goal, according to the World Economic Forum, is to seek long-term value creation by taking into account the needs of all their stakeholders, and society at large.
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Millions of VIP Facebook Users Shielded from Standard Moderation Protocols
September 14, 2021
According to the Wall Street Journal, Facebook is using a program known as « cross check » or « XCheck » that shields at least 5.8 million VIP Facebook users from the company’s standard content moderation.
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Butler: The Dangers of TikTok
September 10, 2021
Jack Butler writing in the National Review, explores the history and dangers of the popular application TikTok including its questionable practices collecting users data and reputable reports that the app is compromised by the Chinese government.
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Rights Group files Complaint Against German Retailers over Chinese Textiles
September 08, 2021
The human rights group, European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), filed a complaint to German prosecutors alleging that several fashion retailers, including Lidl and Hugo Boss, profited from forced labour within the cotton industry in China's Xinjiang region.
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Corporate Criminal Liability for International Crimes: France and Sweden Poised To Take Steps Forward
September 08, 2021
JustSecurity examines recent developments of the trend to hold corporations accountable for their participation in human rights violations and international crimes and how it is experiencing renewed momentum, especially seen in The Lundin Case in Sweden and The Lafarge Case in France.
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