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7.2 Regarding Social Responsibility
By kaiying on November 17, 2016
“When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind,” he said, “I don’t consider the bloody ROI.” He said that the same thing about environmental issues, worker safety, and other areas where Apple is a leader. In the context of the entire course, this quote from the article about Apple’s dramatic 2014 shareholders […]
4.7 A Brief Non-Answer to “Corporate Purpose”
By kaiying on October 8, 2016
It seems that one central tension for the courts with regard to corporate purpose is the interplay between the directors’ fiduciary duty toward the corporation and the interests of shareholders. We see this balancing of profit vs purpose in Dodge v Ford Motor Co, where the court toes the line between upholding the primacy of […]
Unit 1: General Thoughts on “The Corporation”
By kaiying on September 9, 2016
I thought I’d start off this blog posting thing with some general rambling thoughts, as I’m still organizing what I thought about “The Corporation”. I’d never actually seen the documentary before, though I’ve previously encountered some of the film’s examples of atrocious corporate actions in the news and in other media. I hold some generally […]