Global Corporations: Power, Politics, Ethics and Governance Exam
2 essay-style answers (1000 words each). Pick any two of the 4 questions on the exam brief (preferably the aspertame one) and any other 1. The exam must
Discuss and explore corporate theory, practice, regulation and policy.
Analyse fundamental questions relating to global corporations.
Critically evaluate competing theories, academic argument and debate in the
areas of politics, power, ethics and governance.
4. Apply theoretical and legal arguments to propose alternative answers to these fundamental questions.
An example and all instructions will be attached below, kindly follow to the best of your ability as it is timed and very limited time.
Use harvard references.
Site cases from trused and Professional law sources and articles.
Strongly advise that you use the example as a reference to not do a terrible job. For the aspertame case Study here are some references to refer to. REFERENCES
Task 1) Study the Case Study:
Aspartame Debate: Are Economic Interests Clouding the Truth?,” The Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics Blog, August 27, 2023.
Task 2) Explore these general issues within the food industry:
• Unhealthy diets and malnutrition.
Andrew Jacobs and Matt Richtel, “How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food”, The New York Times, Sept. 16, 2017.
• Illnesses and health and safety issues.
Felicity Lawrence, Andrew Wasley and Radu Ciorniciuc, “Food Safety – Revealed: the dirty secret of the UK’s poultry industry,” The Guardian, Jul. 23, 2014.
• Concentration of corporate power and food price manipulation.
Nina Lakhani, Aliya Uteuova, and Alvin Chang, “Our unequal earth – Revealed: the true extent of America’s food monopolies, and who pays the price,” The Guardian, Jul. 14, 2021.
• Lack of transparency and labeling issues.
Ferdman, Roberto A. “Why the sugar industry hates the FDA’s new Nutrition Facts label,” The Washington Post, May 20, 2016.
Kim EJ, Ellison B, McFadden B, Prescott MP, “Consumers’ decisions to access or avoid added sugars information on the updated Nutrition Facts label,” PubMed Central, March 29, 2021.
• Abuses in the food industry supply chain.
Hannah Dreier, “Tyson and Perdue Are Facing Child Labor Investigations,” The New York Times, Sept. 23, 2023.
More on the, Apple-Ireland Tax Case.
PART I – FOCUS ON CORPORATE LAW
TOPICS
Corporate Governance Codes
The UK Corporate Governance Code
The comply or explain rule and its shortcomings
REFERENCES
Christine A. Mallin, Corporate Governance, Chapter 3, sixth edition Development of corporate governance codes pp. 30-47.
PART II – CASE STUDY
TOPICS
Task 1) Study the Case Study:
Corporate Tax Abuse at the Supranational Level.
Diane Ring & Costantino Grasso, Beyond Bribery: Exploring The Intimate Interconnections between Corruption and Tax Crimes, Law and Contemporary Problems, Volume 85, Number 4, 2022, PART III TAX ABUSE AND CORRUPT PRACTICES: GLOBAL DYNAMICS, pp. 10-26.
Task 2) Explore these additional relevant documents:
Apple-Ireland – Advocate General Opinion Case C-465 20 P – Nov 2023 – Full Text.
Margaret Kent & Robert Feinschreibe, “The Apple of Your Eye” or “A Rotten Apple” – Let’s Look at Apple’s Facts, 15 CORP. BUS. TAX’N MONTHLY 37, 38 (2014).
Theodore F. DiSalvo, The Apple-Ireland Tax Case: Three Stories on Sovereign Power, 28 DUKE J. COMP. & INT’L L. 371, 373 (2018).
