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17. Does Great Power Come with Great Responsibility? The Need to Talk About Corporate Political Responsibility

verfasst von : Dennis Broeders, Linnet Taylor

Erschienen in: The Responsibilities of Online Service Providers

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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The global information society is shaped by the platforms and innovation of large internet companies such as Google, Facebook, Dropbox, Twitter and Instagram. These Online Service Providers (OSPs) shape our view of the world through the organisation and management of our information. OSPs are becoming part of processes that were previously regarded as the preserve of national governments – such as administration and ‘national statistics’ – and sometimes acquire a state-like position with regard to information and power. Yet two of the main academic disciplines that analyse the international arena, International Relations theory and the study of international law, both have a blind spot for corporate power, let alone the large Internet companies that shape the global information society. We situate OSPs in the international political domain, arguing that it is necessary to define what Corporate Political Responsibility should consist of in this context, and how it might be exercised.

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Titel: Does Great Power Come with Great Responsibility? The Need to Talk About Corporate Political Responsibility
verfasst von: Dennis Broeders
Linnet Taylor
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Responsibilities of Online Service Providers
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-47851-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-47852-4

Copyright-Jahr: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47852-4_17

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