Business / Commercial Law

Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Business Law: Regulation and Practice in Emerging Sectors

By Angelica Rutherford
New Arrival Routledge April 2026

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ISBN-13
9781041155287
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
April 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

Table of Contents

PART I: Foundations and Conceptual Framework
1. Introduction: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Emerging Sectors through the Lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Angelica Rutherford
2. Reconceptualising Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability to Enhance Multinational Corporations’ Accountability
Sunday Adebola

PART II: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in AI and Data
3. Balancing Innovation and Responsibility: AI Regulation and Corporate Accountability in Emerging Sectors
Craig Smith
4. Governing AI Risks within Companies: Directors’ Duty of Care in the Modern Age
Guanqun Qin
5. Embedding Responsibility and Accountability in Regulatory Frameworks Governing Conversational Agents in Mobile Mental Health Applications
Hui Yun Chan
6. Digital Colonialism and Data Sovereignty in Africa: Human Rights Implications of Big Tech Expansion
Jake Okechukwu Effoduh

PART III: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Investment
7. Investors Obligations in International Investment Agreements: Exploring Responsible Foreign Investment
Angelica Rutherford
8. Corporate Investors’ Exploitation and Plunder in the Democratic Republic of Congo – The Illusion of Development amidst Minerals Extraction
Xavier Matieni

PART IV: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Production and Consumption
9. Blockchain and Corporate Responsibility: Smart Contracts as Tools for Enhancing Transparency and Accountability
Anais Eulalio Cohrs and Eugênia Cristina Nilsen Ribeiro Barza
10. Responsible Production and Consumption in Tourism and Hospitality
Sarah Thangadurai

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
Aurélio Agostinho da Bôaviagem, Eugênia Cristina Nilsen Ribeiro Barza and Madson Douglas Xavier Da Silva
12. Corporate Liability for Carbon Emissions in Aviation: Legal and Business Frameworks
Frank Alparslan
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