Category: Corporate governance
Company law as another beggar-my-neighbour policy?
Jan Cremers 12/03/2017
Since the introduction of the European internal market, company law has been increasingly judged in terms of its impact on ‘competitiveness’. …
The modern company: too important to be left to the shareholders alone?
James Wickham 15/02/2017
Is there only one way to run a company? If any group of people get together for a common economic activity, must they organise themselves as if they …
Ethics law needs to set the tone for standards in public life
Nuala Haughey 12/01/2017
Issues of ethics in public office are enjoying a rare moment in the spotlight with the ongoing discussion over US President-elect Donald Trump’s …
Corporate Social Responsibility -the first casualty in Apple ‘truth fight’
Colm O'Doherty 17/09/2016
Colm O'Doherty: Viewed through a Corporate Social Responsibility lens the behaviour of the Irish State and Apple does not stand up to scrutiny. …
The “Sharing” Economy is based on a Fissured Workplace
Paul Sweeney 10/08/2016
Paul Sweeney: Uber and Airbnb are not the Sharing Economy. Instead, they represent a rapid increase in the “Fissured Workplace”. This …
Ethics and regulation: complements, not alternatives
15/05/2013
Last week former Taoiseach and President of IFSC Ireland, John Bruton, said that the banking industry needed "to focus on ethics rather than …
Are worker directors good for business?
Aoife Ní Lochlainn 16/07/2012
Aoife Ní Lochlainn: TASC has today published a report on Worker Directors in Ireland, Good for Business? Worker Participation on Boards. This …
The four factors shifting power away from workers and citizens
Paul Sweeney 23/09/2011
Paul Sweeney: In developed countries, there has been a decline in labour’s share of national income going to wages for many years. This has major …
How well are organisations run?
Slí Eile 22/04/2011
Slí Eile: Nyberg, McCarthy, Doherty and Chopra..a busy fortnight past. Don't miss the following item in the Irish Times of Thursday 21st ("Massive …
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Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Kirsty Doyle
Kirsty Doyle is a Researcher at TASC, working in the area of health inequalities. She is …