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The Corporate Purpose Of Social License, Hillary A. Sale Jan 2019

The Corporate Purpose Of Social License, Hillary A. Sale

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

This Article deploys the sociological theory of social license, or the acceptance of a business or organization by the relevant communities and stakeholders, in the context of the board of directors and corporate governance. Corporations are generally treated as “private” actors and thus are regulated by “private” corporate law. This construct allows for considerable latitude. Corporate actors are not, however, solely “private.” They are the beneficiaries of economic and political power, and the decisions they make have impacts that extend well beyond the boundaries of the entities they represent.

Using Wells Fargo and Uber as case studies, this Article explores …

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“Bullets Of Truth”: Julian Assange And The Politics Of Transparency, Mark Fenster Dec 2018

“Bullets Of Truth”: Julian Assange And The Politics Of Transparency, Mark Fenster

Mark Fenster

This essay updates (to early 2019) earlier work on the WikiLeaks story in order to consider what more recent developments reveal about the theoretical promise that Assange articulated at the time of the website’s emergence. Assange has characterized secrecy as both a form and symptom of corruption, and ultimately as the foundation of a “conspiracy” of governance that states like the U.S. inflict on their subjects and the world. He advocates a non-political, vigilante form of transparency in which WikiLeaks serves as a neutral entity that will save the public and free the world with information. He predicted that corrupt …

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In Defense Of The American Community Survey, Michael Lewyn Dec 2018

In Defense Of The American Community Survey, Michael Lewyn

Michael E Lewyn

This article critiques the constitutional and policy challenges to the American Community Survey (ACS), an annual survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Some commentators argue that because the ACS goes far beyond ascertaining the number of Americans, it goes beyond the proper scope of the Census Clause.

This article asserts, by contrast, that the public interests favoring the ACS outweigh any possible privacy concerns, and that precedent under the First and Fourth Amendments supports ACS inquiries. The article goes on to assert that because the Census has always asked a wide range of questions, ACS questions are authorized by …

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