Social Sciences

A Regulatory Tsunami is Coming to Silicon Valley: Tech Companies Must Adopt Responsible Innovation or Risk Losing Their Competitive Edge

Michael A. Santoro | 9 Jun 2023

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that it was laying off its AI ethics department, joining earlier cuts of ethicists at Meta, Google, Amazon and Twitter, and thereby setting a precedent for smaller tech companies with minimal financial resources that cutting corners in ethical and humane technological advancements is acceptable. …

The EC’s draft ban on products made using forced labour: Key measures to guarantee remediation for victims

Claire Methven O’Brien and Amy Weatherburn | 6 Jun 2023

In 2022, the European Commission (EC) proposed a new Regulation to ban products made using forced labour from the EU market.…

Rana Plaza, 10 years on: time for brands, unions and the industry to work together

Rubana Huq |

On February 3, 2014, I wrote here about the hell which workers at Rana Plaza had gone through, and finished by asking ‘Where do we go from here?’…

10 years on from Rana Plaza: Is France’s duty of vigilance law living up to its promise?

Sandra Cossart and Roula Mamlouk |

The Rana Plaza collapse in 2013 in Bangladesh exposed the severe safety issues and exploitative practices in global supply chains and the need for greater corporate liability.…

Human Rights and Sovereign Debt Restructurings: A Proposal for an Optimal Outcome

Daniel Bradlow | 2 Jun 2023

Zambia defaulted on its debt in November 2021 but has not yet reached an agreement with its creditors. Its president recently warned that this situation is hurting its citizens and undermining its democracy because “you cannot eat democracy”.…

Of interest: beyond the enlightened shareholder

Sandhya Drew | 31 May 2023

An important case is making its way up the appellate system of England & Wales.  The case, reported at its last stage asMcGaughey v USS [2022] EWHC 133 (Ch), concerns the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).…

“PMSC treaty” – why we need an international legally binding instrument to regulate private military and security companies

Jelena Aparac | 30 May 2023

States are currently discussing the future of one of the most important instruments for international peace and security and the room is almost empty.…

Conversation with Authors: Moderates

APSR Authors | 6 Jun 2023

In this “Conversation with Authors,” we spoke with APSR authors Anthony Fowler and Lynn Vavreck about their open access article (coauthored with Seth Hill, Jeffrey Lewis, Chris Tausanovitch, and Christopher Warshaw), “Moderates.”…

Conversations with Authors: Whitman’s Undemocratic Vistas: Mortal Anxiety, National Glory, White Supremacy

APSR Authors | 2 Jun 2023

In this “Conversation with Authors,” we spoke with APSR author Jack Turner about his open access article “Whitman’s Undemocratic Vistas: Mortal Anxiety, National Glory, White Supremacy.”…

Conversations with Authors: STADL Up! The Spatiotemporal Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model for TSCS Data Analysis

APSR Authors | 30 May 2023

This “Conversation with Authors” features Scott J. Cook (SJC), Jude C. Hays (JCH), and Robert J. Franzese, Jr. (RJF), authors of the recent open access APSR article, “STADL Up!…