Download the article in PDF format *** This article examines the 2024 Almendralejo school scandal, in which 15 minors used AI-powered nudification applications to generate and distribute sexual images of 20 schoolgirls via Telegram, as a case study for analysing corporate liability gaps in European digital platform governance. Tracing a three-stage harm pathway, from open-source … Continue reading Tools of Harm: AI, Deepfake Infrastructure, and Corporate Liability after the Almendralejo Scandal
Category: Business and Human Rights
Business and Human Rights (e.g., human rights law; international criminal law; corporate complicity in human rights violations and war crimes; corporate cooperation with dictatorial or rogue regimes).
Shein at the BHV Marais: A Strategic Legitimisation Attempt Amid Environmental and Social Controversies
Download the article in PDF format *** This article examines Shein’s 2025 opening at BHV Marais as a Corporate Legitimisation Strategy aimed at transitioning the brand from a digital-only disruptor to a physically validated retail peer. Utilizing mimetic isomorphism, Shein attempted to leverage the “Grand Magasin’s” heritage to repair its reputation amid systemic environmental and … Continue reading Shein at the BHV Marais: A Strategic Legitimisation Attempt Amid Environmental and Social Controversies
Fruit of Good Intentions? ESG Contradictions in Brazil’s AçaíBerry Supply Chain
Download the article in PDF format *** Article written in honour of Indigenous Peoples Day in Brazil *** The global commodification of the Amazonian açaí berry has placed Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) narratives under intense scrutiny, raising questions about whether the "superfood" boom benefits or exploits its original custodians. This article deconstructs the contradictions … Continue reading Fruit of Good Intentions? ESG Contradictions in Brazil’s AçaíBerry Supply Chain
Performative CSR and Mental Health: Legal and Ethical Lessons from Muir v. AstraZeneca
Download the article in PDF format *** The escalating crisis of workplace mental health has placed corporate social responsibility (CSR) frameworks under intense scrutiny, raising questions about whether they represent genuine care or performative compliance. This article deconstructs the gap between corporate policy and practice through a detailed legal and ethical analysis of the 2024 … Continue reading Performative CSR and Mental Health: Legal and Ethical Lessons from Muir v. AstraZeneca
Shadows of the Digital Age: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals Online
Download the article in PDF format *** 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, … Continue reading Shadows of the Digital Age: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals Online
The Dark Side of Fast Fashion: A Tale of Corporate Irresponsibility
Download the article in PDF format *** 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 … Continue reading The Dark Side of Fast Fashion: A Tale of Corporate Irresponsibility
The Bonfire of Safeguards and the Potential Whistleblower Fightback at Twitter
Download 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 … Continue reading The Bonfire of Safeguards and the Potential Whistleblower Fightback at Twitter
The Business of Silencing Journalists And Its Harm to the Democratic Environment
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 … Continue reading The Business of Silencing Journalists And Its Harm to the Democratic Environment