Aspartame Debate: Are Economic Interests Clouding the Truth?
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by Costantino Grasso
7M ago
Download the article in PDF format *** 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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Accounting and Hegemony in Multinational Corporations
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by Dr. Samar Riaz
9M ago
Download the article in PDF format *** 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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The Cost of Manipulation: The Irresponsible Abuse of Technological Opacity in the Pharmaceutical Industry
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by SoniaLJackson
1y ago
Download the article in PDF format *** 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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The Bonfire of Safeguards and the Potential Whistleblower Fightback at Twitter
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by Stephen Holden
1y ago
CSR-and-Business-Ethics-Blog-Stephen-Holden-2023-Twitter-Bonfire-1Download the article in PDF format *** 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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Corporate duty to creditors: The UK Supreme Court’s lost opportunity to adopt a more stakeholder-oriented perspective
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by Costantino Grasso
1y ago
Download the article in PDF format *** 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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Pfizer/Flynn medicine monopoly and the NHS: A corporate exploitation of public resources in the United Kingdom
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by Cleander Yu
1y ago
Cleander-Yu-2022-Big-Pharma-and-NHS-1Download the article in PDF format *** 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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The New Complementarity Matrix of 7 Responsibilities of a Company: Toward a CSR-Oriented Marketing
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by Patrice Ballester
1y ago
Download the article in PDF format *** 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
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The Business of Silencing Journalists And Its Harm to the Democratic Environment
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by Demet Altunay
2y ago
Download the article in PDF format *** This article is dedicated to all brave investigative journalists and public interest defenders who face challenges and even risk their lives to speak the truth. INTRODUCTION Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) confers freedom of expression – one of the most fundamental and most important provisions of the Convention. Critically, freedom of expression is not only important in itself; it also plays a crucial role in protecting other rights stemming from the ECHR. In democratic systems, limitations to freedom of expression and its pr ..read more
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The Pandora Papers: Resisting Public Apathy and the Normalisation of Corrupt Practices
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by Stephen Holden
2y ago
Download the article in PDF format *** Now the dust has somewhat had time to settle following the release of the Pandora Papers, it is possible to consider their impact and effect on the landscape of accountability and change, and more specifically, ask, what do we expect from such significant leaks and disclosures that expose secrecy.      The Pandora Papers Leak Dubbed the Pandora Papers, the latest in a series of high profile and largescale leaks regarding how wealth is moved, stored, and obscured globally through a sophisticated network of offshore accounts has come to ..read more
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Steven Donziger vs Chevron: A battle between David and Goliath against human rights violations and environmental degradation
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by Costantino Grasso
2y ago
Download the article in PDF format *** When we look at the current societal discourse regarding corporate authority and influence, and in particular in relation to what is commonly defined as the digital revolution, many experts and scholars affirm that we are currently living in a new Gilded Age. The Gilded Age refers to a period of several decades in U.S. history toward the end of the 19th century, which was characterized, at the same time, by great economic growth and blatant political corruption. During the Gilded Age, the concentration of power by many corporations was so high that their ..read more
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