Imagine a world where giant companies don't just follow the rules to avoid fines, but actually help make society fairer. This work looks at how big corporations can stop pushing their own interests over people's rights. It's like creating a new playbook for businesses to act more like helpful neighbors than untouchable giants.
Large companies often clash with democratic values by lobbying for self-interest and ignoring human rights, which leads to regulatory friction and public backlash.
A set of 24 deliverables, including 8 working papers and a video documenting research on democracy-conforming business models.
If you are a multinational enterprise dealing with human rights risks in your supply chain — this project developed recommendations that help you move toward a democracy-conforming business model. This reduces the risk of fueling populism and improves your social standing.
If you are a social enterprise dealing with the need to prove your social impact — this project developed insights into how alternative organizational forms foster democracy. This allows you to better embed democratic values into your core operations.
If you are a law firm dealing with clients who struggle with regulatory control — this project developed an analysis of why firms resist or accept regulation. This helps you advise clients on the most effective ways to comply with democratic accountability.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or implementation costs are mentioned as the project focuses on research and recommendations.
The project provides theoretically and empirically robust recommendations rather than a scalable software or hardware product.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of patents; the outputs are scientific papers and dissemination materials.
It identifies the most effective regulatory controls to avoid anti-democratic distortions and reveals how to handle human rights infringements.
The project runs from 2022-10-01 to 2025-09-30, meaning the final results are becoming available now.
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 7 universities and 1 other entity across 6 countries. With a 0% industry ratio, the project is driven by theoretical research rather than commercial application, suggesting the outputs are high-level guidelines rather than market-ready tools.
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