Benedict Sheehy
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Conceptualizing Multi-Level Legal Systems to Address Global Food Security: The Hard Law-Soft Law Interface of International Law and Corporate Social Responsibility Open
This Article argues that the Zero Hunger Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) has been threatened by a combination of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and climate change. Given that global food security is a well-recog…
The Challenges of AI-Decision-Making in Government and Administrative Law: A Proposal for Regulatory Design Open
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) decision-making is rapidly becoming a key technology in government. AI decision-making has a number of significant benefits. These include reduced costs, consistency in decision-making, and the potential for …
Dissemination and development of global corporate governance standards: comparing approaches to ‘comply or explain’ in Philippines and Malaysia Open
This article contributes to understanding how global standards are disseminated, adopted and modified in specific contexts. It does so with attention to two factors: economic logics and socio-cultural logics. These factors are explored in …
Truths and Tales: Understanding Online Fake News Networks in South Korea Open
This study investigates the features of fake news networks and how they spread during the 2020 South Korean election. Using actor–network theory (ANT), we assessed the network’s central players and how they are connected. Results reveal th…
Shifting from Soft to Hard Law: Motivating Compliance When Enacting Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility Open
A policy shift from soft law to hard law rests on assumptions about motivating compliance. The basic idea is that people comply with soft law for personal, moral reasons but are motivated to comply with hard law by self-interested fear. Wh…
Writing to Get Published: The Necessary Elements of Scholarly Journal Articles Open
This article provides an analysis of the problems scholars face in publishing in higher quality, peer-reviewed English language journals and proposes specific solutions. It is based on observations made in numerous workshops and close one-…
Let Them Eat Rights: Re-Framing the Food Insecurity Problem Using a Rights-Based Approach Open
Food insecurity is a global issue. Large parts of the global population are unable to feed themselves adequately with hundreds of millions of people suffering from hunger and malnutrition. This problem is recognized widely by governments, …
Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Sustainable Development and Corporate Sustainability: What Is the Difference, and Does It Matter? Open
The terms “corporate social responsibility” (CSR), “sustainability”, “sustainable development” and “corporate sustainability” (CS) are critical terms for developing, analysing and evaluating public and private policy goals. These terms are…
Green Banking Disclosure, Firm Value, and the Moderating Role of a Contextual Factor: Evidence from a Distinctive Regulatory Setting Open
The idea that green banking disclosure leads to increased firm value has been rightly considered as over-simplistic. This paper builds on key prior insights by investigating whether combining green disclosure with other contextual factor, …
The Sharing Economy & The Platform Operator‐User‐Provider “PUP Model”:: Analytical Legal Frameworks Open
The Sharing Economy and related platform technologies have disrupted work, consumption, and business in ways unimaginable even a decade ago. Creating great wealth and opportunity for some, the Sharing Economy has equally undermined job sec…