The Corporate Social Responsibility Podcast

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Ideas about the proper role of corporations in our society.


    • Sep 6, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 59m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    18. We The Corporations - Adam Winkler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2018 61:11


    Interview with Prof. Adam Winkler about his acclaimed new book, We The Corporations: How American Business Won Their Civil Rights (2018).

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    17. Is Corporate Patriotism a Virtue? (final version)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2015 102:36


    An audio version of my latest law review article.

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    16. Dershowitz on Ethics - Alan Dershowitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2015 59:19


    Interview with Alan Dershowitz on the ethics of lawyers representing clients they know are guilty.

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    15. Like Uber for Lawyers: The Ethics of Avvo

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2015 59:41


    Avvo, Inc. promises, or threatens (depending on your vantage), to disrupt the traditional ways that lawyers and clients connect. I interview Josh King, Vice President for Business Development and General Counsel at Avvo.

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    14. Fee-Shifting in Shareholder Litigation - Francis Pileggi

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2015 50:38


    Interview with Francis Pileggi on the "fee-shifting" controversy in corporate law. Corporations want to require shareholders to pay corporate legal fees in failed shareholder lawsuits. Delaware has proposed legislation that would ban such "fee-shifting" in corporate charters and bylaws.

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    13. Unethical Regulation of Corporate Corruption - Mike Koehler

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2015 58:51


    Interview with Prof. Mike Koehler on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which forbids American corporations from bribing foreign officials to generate business abroad.

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    12. Corporate Tax Ethics - Tim Seitz & Jason Spicer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2014 71:38


    I interview Tim Seitz and Jason Spicer, vice presidents at Flextronics, a global technology manufacturing company, on the ethics of American corporations rechartering abroad in order to diminish their tax liability.

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    11. The Hobby Lobby Decision on Corporate Religious Rights - Anne Tucker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2014 57:54


    Interview with Anne Tucker assessing the Supreme Court's landmark decision on corporate religious rights in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby decision.

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    10. Genocidal Investing - Eric Cohen

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2014 67:38


    Interview with Eric Cohen, Chairperson of Investors Against Genocide, discussing the problem of conventional retirement investment funds holding stock in companies complicit in genocidal political regimes, and what can be done about it.

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    9. Human Rights and Corporations - Larry Catá Backer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2014 63:09


    Interview with Larry Catá Backer on the responsibilities of corporations regarding human rights.

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    8. Public Benefit Corporations - Alicia Plerhoples

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2014 46:24


    Interview with Prof. Alicia Plerhoples exploring the promise and perils of the new "public benefit" corporate form.

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    7. Religious Rights of Corporations, Part 2 - Kent Greenfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2014 49:19


    Interview with Prof. Kent Greenfield on the religious rights of corporations. This is the second of a series of episodes on this issue.

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    6. Religious Rights of Corporations, Part 1 - Eugene Volokh

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2014 51:17


    Interview with Professor Eugene Volokh on the legal and normative questions bearing on the religious freedom rights of for-profit corporations. This is the first of a series of episodes on this issue.

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    5. The Dalai Lama and Corporate Law - David Yosifon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2014 51:04


    I introduce the "myth of long-term" value, and assess recent comments by the Dalai Lama on compassion and business ethics.

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    4. Eat Drink Politics - Michele Simon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2014 53:59


    Interview with Michele Simon, author of Appetite for Profit, focusing on the questionable philanthropic practices of McDonald's, Inc.

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    3. Fiduciary Exemption - Robert Rhee

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2014 50:45


    Interview with Prof. Robert Rhee discussing his idea of "fiduciary exemption," which would allow corporations to sacrifice profits in the public interest during times of national emergency.

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    2. Shareholder Exclusivity - Stephen Bainbridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2014 54:56


    Professor Stephen Bainbridge discusses his book Corporate Governance after the Financial Crisis, and makes the case for corporate governance focused exclusively on shareholder interests.

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    1. The Corporate Paradox - David Yosifon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2014 51:42


    Introduction to the podcast and a critique of the shareholder primacy norm in corporate governance law.

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