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
Tag: Corporate Governance
Corporate duty to creditors: The UK Supreme Court’s lost opportunity to adopt a more stakeholder-oriented perspective
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 … Continue reading Corporate duty to creditors: The UK Supreme Court’s lost opportunity to adopt a more stakeholder-oriented perspective
Bruce Herbert – Shareholder Activism and Corporate Ethics: Impacting Public Corporations (video)
On the 2nd of December 2020, Bruce Herbert (Founder and Chief Executive of Newground Social Investment) gave his presentation within the Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics Blog’s End-of-Year Seminar Series 2020 entitled “CSR, Whistleblowing and Human Rights” and organized by Dr. Costantino Grasso, Dr. Dawn Carpenter, and Dr. Luca d’Ambrosio. The series has been organised in partnership with … Continue reading Bruce Herbert – Shareholder Activism and Corporate Ethics: Impacting Public Corporations (video)
Dr. Yasmine Motarjemi – Whistleblowing, Labour Law, corporate culture and risk management in Multinational Enterprises (video)
On the 14th of October 2020, Dr. Yasmine Motarjemi (whistleblower and former Head of Food Safety at Nestlé) gave her presentation during the first seminar of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics Blog’s End-of-Year Seminar Series 2020 entitled “CSR, Whistleblowing and Human Rights” and organized by Dr. Costantino Grasso, Dr. Dawn Carpenter, and Dr. … Continue reading Dr. Yasmine Motarjemi – Whistleblowing, Labour Law, corporate culture and risk management in Multinational Enterprises (video)
Guest Post: An overview of recent studies on gender diversity in the boardroom
Dr Aspasia Pastra, Researcher at the World Maritime University of Malmö and Research Associate at the Hellenic Observatory of Corporate Governance, contributes to today’s guest post: A plethora of empirical research on corporate governance continues to study the gender diversity in the boardroom and the differences of women from male corporate directors in the effectiveness … Continue reading Guest Post: An overview of recent studies on gender diversity in the boardroom