Corporate Governance and Accountability

DescriptionUsing 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.

Please 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 financialisation 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.