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The Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics Blog is devoted to promoting analysis and discussion of corporate social responsibility and business ethics issues around the world. This blog focus on topics such as Law, Business, Social Science, and Policy.
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*** This article explores the multifaceted risks associated with social media and its impact on vulnerable populations in the digital age. Despite the transformative power of platforms like Meta and TikTok, concerns about their potential harms have reached critical levels. Issues such as child safety, predatory behaviors, addictive designs, and exposure to harmful content are …
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*** This article explores the detrimental effects of the fast fashion industry, highlighting corporate irresponsibility in various stages of production. It compares fast fashion with slow fashion, examining the use of cheap labor, low-quality materials, and exploitative practices that keep prices low at the cost of workers’ well-being. The discussion extends to environmental concerns, including …
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*** This article explores the adverse impacts of recent policy reforms under the current administration on Nigeria’s economy, focusing particularly on the depreciation of the Naira. The fluctuation of Nigeria’s currency has exacerbated inflation, significantly raising the cost of living. The analysis highlights how irresponsible practices by commercial banks, especially forex hoarding, are significant contributors to this crisis. By hoarding foreign currency, banks exacerbate forex scarcity, further weakening the Naira and destabilizing the economy. The artic ..read more
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*** This article explores the recent reclassification of aspartame, a widely used artificial sweetener, by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans.” The move has stirred varying responses from regulatory bodies, companies, and media outlets, highlighting the complexities that consumers face in discerning fact from opinion in matters of public health. The United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has openly disagreed with WHO’s assessment, while major beverage corporations have shown little inclination to alter their pr ..read more
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*** This article illustrates Dr. Samar Riaz’s doctoral research on accounting’s role in reinforcing and challenging hegemonic power structures. Using Nestlé as a case study in Pakistan, the author explores how traditional accounting practices consolidate elite power at the expense of society. They draw on Antonio Gramsci’s concept of hegemony to explain how the ruling class maintains dominance through intellectual leadership and control of the dominant narrative. The author argues that accounting upholds the interests of the ruling elites, promoting the domin ..read more
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*** This article explores the risks associated with the irresponsible use of technology in the pharmaceutical industry, including scientific manipulation in drug trials, scientific misrepresentation through ghost-written publications, and abuse of technology through the misrepresentation of risks. The article highlights the negative impacts of these practices on patients, healthcare professionals, and society as a whole. It discusses the problems caused by selective reporting and manipulation of data, ghost-writing, and the misrepresentation of risks associat ..read more
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*** Following the takeover of social media company Twitter by billionaire Elon Musk, it would not be unfair to say the company has been thrown into disarray.
The litany of questionable decisions made by Musk since acquiring a $44billion controlling stake in the company on 28th October is long and includes, but is not limited to, firing the company’s top executives and those with vast amounts of experience of the practical running of the company (not to mention the relationships, soft authority ..read more
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*** In October 2022, in the decision BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 the U.K. Supreme Court had the chance to re-consider the vexed question relating to the existence of a “creditor duty.”
In what could be considered a reactionary judgment, the Court failed to adopt a more stakeholder-oriented approach consolidating the shareholder supremacy and managerial power’s approaches to corporate governance.
The crucial question the Supreme Court had to solve in the case at issue was (if and) when managers, apart from shareholders’ interests, should take int ..read more
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*** On July 21, 2022, the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) fined pharmaceutical companies Pfizer Inc. and Flynn Pharma Limited £63 million and £6 million respectively.
The fines levied against these companies are the result of them abusing their market position as a means to overcharge the UK National Health Service (NHS) for Phenytoin Sodium, a crucial, life-saving anti-seizure medicine. Overnight, the two companies raised the price of the drug by 2600%, increasing the cost of 100mg packs from £2 ..read more
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*** This article focuses on the innovative CSR-focused “Complementarity Matrix of 7 Responsibilities of a Company.” The French Marketing Association (Association Française du Marketing) brings together a good part of French academics that have expertise in the area of management and communication. In 2020, on the occasion of his appointment as President of the Association, Alain Decorp wanted to anchor his thinking and the actions of the association by taking sustainable development into account. He proposed the production of an online manual: a Wiki book “Ma ..read more