Corporate Governance and Accountability
Description
Using a real example of a corporation or group of corporations, discuss how the proliferation of surveillance capitalism and technology-enabled decision making has weakened corporate accountability and resulted in poorer outcomes for civil society, whilst enriching a few.
Consider including a discussion of
• what is meant by the term surveillance capitalism
• the importance of corporate accountability and how it helps manage corporate power
• how fictionalization may privilege particular groups in society and increase corporate power to the detriment of others
• concerns that might arise when returns to financiers or small groups of sophisticated or wealthy investors vastly exceed returns to the real economy.
Minimum word count 3250 words.
