When huge companies assert their patents, smaller businesses and public plant breeders are dissuaded from conducting research that might not be illegal at all.
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An organizational researcher argues that biases about who leads and who cares are baked into the structures of work itself, which is detrimental to women.
Calls for the Supreme Court to give fossil fuel companies immunity from liability for climate-related damage misreads the Constitution, precedent and the role of courts.
Of the top 50 most popular Spotify podcasts in Australia today, more than half come from overseas – and primarily the United States.
The Supreme Court will hear five cases this term that will examine the nature of online discussion spaces run by social media platforms.
A study of 3,000 companies found a correlation between local ‘social capital’ – which measures such variables as voter turnout and census response rates – and more women on corporate boards.
Pronouncements made by the Chinese government often cloak a hidden agenda.
As few as 100 companies produced 60% of revenues in eight ocean industries in 2018.
The NSW inquiry has uncovered things Melbourne inquiries haven’t.
People often leave industry watchdogs to work for the very companies they were previously regulating.
Corporations are often stepping in to fill the void when governments are failing to adequately address social, economic and environmental crises.
Despite a recent Tahoe Resources settlement and apology to Guatemalan protesters, Canadian companies can still get away with crimes committed abroad — even in the face of insurmountable evidence.
Three scholars argue that agriculture is failing to sustain either the land or American farmers. They propose a modern version of the New Deal that centers on ecology and economic fairness.
Socialisation of housing would see profits from rent put back into the maintenance and modernisation of the buildings.
A legal loophole could grant computer systems many legal rights people have – threatening human rights and dignity and setting up some real legal and moral problems.
Mandatory tax return disclosures for large companies were designed to increase public awareness of tax avoidance - but a new study reveals they may not work.
“Shaming campaigns” have been successful in attracting attention to transnational issues like inhumane working conditions and environmental degradation. But shaming guilty corporations is only the first step.
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