Stakeholder Capitalism

McKinsey & Company Provides Insights on COVID-19 Implications

April 01, 2020

McKinsey & Company is providing updates regarding the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, including an article intended to provide business leaders with a perspective on the evolving situation and implications for their companies.
Walle: Companies Need to Address Data Ethics as Well as Data Privacy

March 16, 2020

Writing in Forbes, Thomas Walle explains why, beyond the hard legal guidelines relating to data privacy, companies should be equally concerned about data ethics relating to how collected data is used for commercial purposes.
Friedman: Coronavirus Pandemic Causing Reassessment of U.S. Dependency on China Supply Chain

March 16, 2020

Writing in The Atlantic, Uri Friedman explains that the coronavirus pandemic is highlighting America's dependence on China for the U.S. supply of surgical masks, respirators, medical devices, and pharmaceutical ingredients, which some in the Trump Administration are citing as another reason to prioritize America's ability to protect its interests.
Politico: Former Clinton Aide Seeks to Re-write Anti-tech Lobbying Rulebook

March 11, 2020

According to Politico, as policymakers re-writing the rules for the digital world seek evidence and advice on how Big Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter shape people's everyday lives, Ben Scott's new lobbying firm, Reset, will provide supportive on-the-ground lobbying, academic research and public calls-to-arms.
Bowers and Zittrain: Facebook Content Regulation White Paper Posits Battle Between Rights-era and Public Health-era Values

March 11, 2020

Writing in Just Security, John Bowers and Jonathan Zittrain explain how Facebook's white paper on online content regulation raises balancing concerns between the human right to expression and public health concerns relating to harmful online discourse.
Facebook Publishes Content Regulation White Paper

March 11, 2020

Monica Bickert has authored "Charting a Way Foward," a Facebook white paper on online content regulation.
Edwards: Time for AI Regulation May Have Arrived

February 26, 2020

Writing in InformationWeek, John Edwards explains that a growing number of nations have concluded that it is time to take a close look at artificial intelligence's ("AI") impact on an array of critical issues, including privacy, security, human rights, crime, and finance.
FT: Alphabet Shareholders Campaign for Improved Human Rights Policies

February 25, 2020

According to Financial Times, Alphabet has failed to quell a revolt from shareholders over its human rights policies in the latest investor campaign targeting the harmful effects posed by large technology companies.
U.S. Charges Chinese Military Hackers with Massive Equifax Breach

February 11, 2020

U.S. federal prosecutors have charged four members of China’s People’s Liberation Army for hacking the credit-reporting giant Equifax.
Cassel Compiles Top Ten Global Business and Human Rights Developments

February 11, 2020

King & Spalding counsel Douglass Cassel has examined the top global trends in business and human rights cases in 2019.