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Increasing demand by investors for corporate accountability from tech companies
Thursday, December 22, 2022
A blog post from Lydia Kuykendal, Mercy Investment Services, Michela Gregory, NEI Investments, and Anita Dorett, Director at the Investor Alliance for Human Rights.
With mobile banking, remote learning, healthcare services, greater citizen participation, and coordination of democratic movements through social media platforms, tech companies wield great power to enable human rights and sustainable development. However, investors are also attuned to a parallel reality – one where the unchecked power of technology companies can also contribute to an erosion of respect for the digital rights of users and society at large.