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Activism By Any Other Name: Stakeholder Capitalism, Esg, And Political Pushback, Kameron St Clare
Activism By Any Other Name: Stakeholder Capitalism, Esg, And Political Pushback, Kameron St Clare
Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review Perspectives
In recent years, Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG have become widely used terms not only in corporate board rooms, but in media commentary more generally. As their use and influence in practice have both grown, so, too, has the pushback from opponents of these values-based norms for the way the world does business. Indeed, in recent months, numerous Republican-led states, like Texas, have taken more substantive actions designed to thwart the actions and aims of ESG- and stakeholder capitalism-oriented corporations and investment funds. But what, exactly, do these terms mean? And where do these terms come from? Moreover, what’s all the …
A Settlement In Crisis: How In Re Opioid Litigation Fails To Put People Before Corporations, Gabrielle Hunter
A Settlement In Crisis: How In Re Opioid Litigation Fails To Put People Before Corporations, Gabrielle Hunter
Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review Perspectives
Since 1999, 932,000 people in the United States have died from a drug overdose. In 2021 alone over 100,000 people died from a drug overdose. Seventy-eight percent of those overdoses involved opioids. As the opioid epidemic has torn families apart and decimated American communities, the natural response is to find someone to blame. State and local governments, Native-American tribes, labor unions, insurance companies, hospitals, and individuals have all pointed the finger at the same culprits: opioid manufacturers and distributors.
The result—over 3,000 state and local governments alongside Native American tribes joined In Re Opiate Litigation, a multidistrict litigation, alleging …