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Avoiding conflict over conflicts of interest

Developing and enforcing conflict of interest policies is no simple task for anti-corruption advocates and ethics officials alike. Archon Fung and Dennis Thompson help to better understand the problem and examine when risk is underestimated and when it is overestimated.

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Towards Platform Democracy: Policymaking Beyond Corporate CEOs and Partisan Pressure

Towards Platform Democracy: Policymaking Beyond Corporate CEOs and Partisan Pressure

Facebook, YouTube, and other platforms make incredibly impactful decisions about the speech of billions. Right now, those decisions are primarily in the hands of corporate CEO’s—and heavily influenced by pressure from partisan and authoritarian governments aiming to entrench their own power.

Aviv Ovadya proposes an alternative: platform democracy.

Fall 2021 Communiqué Magazine

Communique Magazine

Fall 2021 Communiqué Magazine

In this issue, as the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its 100th anniversary, Ash Center experts delve into the historial legacy of the party as well as what the future holds for the party and China. We share profiles of the scholars and students who make the Ash Center such a unique institution, and introduce new research and ideas from across our thirty programs, projects, and initiatives.