PhD Researcher, IRC Government of Ireland Scholar, University College Cork
My research is in corporate law. In particular, I am considering the impact of corporate action on stakeholders such as employees and society at large and thus trying to show how most corporate law frameworks expect a stakeholder-orientated or entity approach to be taken in decision-making. While I am primarily concerned with Irish company law, my research necessarily draws on international experience.
It is in this context that I am interested in how the corporation responds to a variety of global issues including environmental degradation, climate change, human rights abuse and why I recently took an interest in how global technology firms responded to the Capitol riots in the United States.
Donald Trump: social media ban shows corporate responsibility can win out over profit
Mar 18, 2021 14:48 pm UTC| Politics
Following the January riot at the US Capitol in Washington, tech giants moved rapidly to de-platform Donald Trump, in a move that could well have hurt more than any impeachment could have. Social media was a key tool for...
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