Governments can curb corporate power. But first we need to understand how corporate law allows private ventures to accumulate power that can endure for generations.
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Corporate layoffs cause confusion about a business’s future, but there’s a way for investors and employees alike to see if downsizing could lead to profitability.
There was a time when you could be fired from your job for being gay. It took LGBTQ employees at companies like Kodak to challenge workplace discrimination and transform corporate culture.
Less than half of American workers feel that they clearly know what their employers expect from them. And many employees are too discouraged to do their best.
Manufacturers would benefit from establishing a better, more efficient service network and offering more attractive warranty programs.
The more Epstein-connected directors a company had, no matter its size, the more likely it was to have governance problems.
The slight decrease in diversity in corporate boardrooms in 2025 comes as the Trump administration and its allies have pushed to unwind diversity initiatives.
While Trump scraps US climate policies, companies still face pressure from states, other countries and their customers. That pressure trickles down supply chains.
Companies with relatively many patents and more employees own facilities that tend to release lower proportions of their toxic waste into the environment.
A study of 21 firms including Barclays, L’Oréal and Philips reveals that their boards of directors take a nuanced approach to corporate purpose.
The fact that companies have quickly backed away from their support of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community has revealed the conditionality of their support.
Over the past 20 years or so, big companies have been buying smaller clinics once owned by radiologists. Here’s how that can be a problem.
In the lead-up to last year’s US presidential election and amid the new administration’s flurry of executive orders, some companies have changed their approaches to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Corporations are ‘legal persons’ under the law. But their ability to be ‘owned’ by shareholders embeds a system of exploitation at the heart of capitalism.
Corporate decisions made in boardrooms and through initiatives with nonprofits have created an important kind of private climate governance.
Nearly every major American social media platform is ruled by a single founder with near-total control, thanks to a relatively new corporate share structure.
Only 1 in 5 Fortune 500 companies made strong racial justice commitments in response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Those companies were more likely to have DEI staff.
Of the top 50 most popular Spotify podcasts in Australia today, more than half come from overseas – and primarily the United States.
Research shows that “deviant” workplace behaviour is more widespread than some may think.
Policies that require companies to disclose information on nature impacts are necessary to reduce greenwashing and protect the environment, but far from sufficient.
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