August 28, 2019
Megan Bachelder
Commentary: Corporate statement sounds good, but it means little
Only the most extraordinarily dogmatic and doctrinaire would suggest that corporations are responsible only to their shareholders. So, when a group of giant corporation CEOs this month proclaimed that companies owe a duty to all “stakeholders,” of course it marked a step forward. But let’s be real about why this happened and how little it’s […]
View from Away: China should keep its promise on Hong Kong
China should commit to its promise to uphold Hong Kong’s autonomy until 2047. Erosion of this promise has accelerated under Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 outlined a framework for how Hong Kong would operate for 50 years after Britain handed the city back to China in 1997. However, certain aspects, […]