This paper develops the notion of responsible legal rhetoric: a form of rhetoric that is not aimed at getting more, at obtaining a better deal for limited interests, at ‘victory’ against an opponent, but that is aimed at ‘taking care of our common world’. The language of international...

The corporate governance role of institutional investors has long been stressed and culminated in recent emphasis on shareholder stewardship, the new buzzword in corporate circles. Today, it is becoming widely accepted that institutional shareholders not only have rights that can be used...

Scientific rhetoric can have a profound impact on the perception of research; it can also drive and direct further research efforts. What determines whether results are discussed in a neutral or a judgmental way? How precise and convincing must results be so that authors call for significant...

The global financial crisis is usually seen as a failure of neoclassical economic theory and neoliberal policy, but it also represented an epistemological failure. Forecasters who missed the crisis neglected to include the financial sector in their models, while aggregate indicators such as GDP...

Ten years ago, President Barack Obama's unprecedented address to the Muslim world from Cairo was hailed as a landmark in US-Middle Eastern relations and described by contemporary observers as a historical break in US foreign policy in the region. Yet it soon became clear that the president's...

Ten years ago, President Barack Obama's unprecedented address to the Muslim world from Cairo was hailed as a landmark in US-Middle Eastern relations and described by contemporary observers as a historical break in US foreign policy in the region. Yet it soon became clear that the president's...

Introduction: Defining and defying common (mis)understandings of the working class / Jennifer Beech and Matthew Wayne Guy -- Social class and sociolects / Irvin Peckham -- Becoming "gente educada" : navigating academia as a working-class, multiply-marginalized student / Christina V. Cedillo --...

Philosophy of current knowledge distinguishes facts from values. It maintains that facts areobjective, indisputable, universally verifiable, and do not require to persuade. Since rhetoricis persuasion it is assumed to be deceptive and overlook reality. Therefore, statistics in itscurrent form...

This article examines the conceptual transformation of what was once considered usury into finance. To counter traditional arguments that usury was exploitative and unnatural, early modern theorists reconceptualized debt as a form of investment for both borrowers and lenders. Today, this ethical...

The UK's Financial Reporting Council is telling directors that they should not wait for a crisis before they focus on company culture. The board must set culture, embed it, assess it and report on it. This paper traces the company's formal legal liability for corporate culture as imposed in...