Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Business Law

Regulation and Practice in Emerging Sectors
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-15528-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 607 g

Reihe: Routledge Research in Corporate Law

Employing an interdisciplinary lens, this book examines the practices, legal frameworks, and regulatory challenges of corporate responsibility and accountability in emerging sectors, drawing on national, regional, and international case studies.

In the current climate, business activities are debated and scrutinised worldwide due to their social, environmental, and human rights impacts. Concomitantly, corporations have been active agents of progress in the investment, creation, and dissemination of new technologies; fields in which the regulation of responsible business conduct is still developing. Aligning with current challenges of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the book is divided into five parts and looks at AI and data, investment, production and consumption, energy, and climate change. It offers a compelling analysis of the convergences and divergences in business practices across diverse legal and regulatory frameworks. By examining the gap between law, regulation, and rapid advancements in emerging sectors and technologies, it provides actionable insights for corporate strategy, legal reform, and policy development, ensuring timeliness and practical relevance.

The book will be of interest to researchers in the field of business and corporate law, corporate responsibility, and accountability.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rutherford, Angelica

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht Allgemeines und Gesamtdarstellungen (Gesellschaftsrecht)
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: Foundations and Conceptual Framework

1. Introduction: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Emerging Sectors through the Lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

2. Reconceptualising Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability to Enhance Multinational Corporations’ Accountability

PART II: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in AI and Data

3. Balancing Innovation and Responsibility: AI Regulation and Corporate Accountability in Emerging Sectors

4. Governing AI Risks within Companies: Directors’ Duty of Care in the Modern Age

5. Embedding Responsibility and Accountability in Regulatory Frameworks Governing Conversational Agents in Mobile Mental Health Applications

6. Digital Colonialism and Data Sovereignty in Africa: Human Rights Implications of Big Tech Expansion

PART III: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Investment

7. Investor Obligations in International Investment Agreements: Exploring Responsible Foreign Investment

8. Corporate Investors’ Exploitation and Plunder in the Democratic Republic of Congo – The Illusion of Development amidst Minerals Extraction

PART IV: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Production and Consumption

9. Blockchain and Corporate Responsibility: Smart Contracts as Tools for Enhancing Transparency and Accountability

10. Responsible Production and Consumption in Tourism and Hospitality

PART V: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Energy and Climate Change

11. The Brazilian Pre-Salt Exploration by Foreign Petroleum and Gas Companies: Autonomy of Will under Law Number 12.351/2010

12. Corporate Liability for Carbon Emissions in Aviation: Legal and Business Frameworks

Über Autor(innen)

Angelica Rutherford is a lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, co-director of the Technology, Innovation, and Global Law Research Group (TIG) and a fellow of Advance HE. Her research interests encompass international trade law, energy law (clean energy technologies), international investment law and arbitration, and business and human rights. Adopting both critical and pragmatic approaches, Angelica investigates the integration of environmental, human rights, and social considerations into international business law. Angelica is an interdisciplinary scholar, engaging in both socio-legal inquiry and law and economics research.