Disclosureland - How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress

"Disclosureland examines how corporate rhetoric about race benefits the reputation and finances of corporations yet limits the role of the corporation in establishing real racial progress. It offers empirical research-driven insights for academics in law, management, and other social sciences, and anyone interested in addressing racial inequality"-- Provided by publisher.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Historical Case Study of Race-Conscious Image Construction; 2. Race-Conscious Disclosures, Image Construction, and Corporate Reputation; 3. Racial Targets; 4. Corporate Racial Philanthropy; 5. Race-Conscious Retraction; 6. Regulating Race-Conscious Disclosures and Retraction; Conclusion.

About the author

Atinuke O. Adediran is an expert on the relationship between corporations, law and society. Her research has won national awards including recognition from the Ford School at the University of Michigan, the Ford Foundation, and the Russell Sage Foundation. She is the former Senior Advisor for Racial Justice at the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights and current Associate Professor of Law at Fordham Law School.

Product details

• Authors: Atinuke O. Adediran
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.01.2026
• EAN: 9781009442985
• ISBN: 978-1-009-44298-5
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, 21st Century, Business ethics & social responsibility, Social discrimination & inequality, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Business ethics and social responsibility, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, Company, commercial & competition law, Company, commercial and competition law: general, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism