BBC News Eleanor Lumsden

George Floyd: el millonario costo "oculto" de la violencia policial en Estados Unidos

“Sometimes it is "easy" to forget what violence means to the family of the deceased, Lumsden reflected, but it has multiple repercussions.”

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USA Today News Eleanor Lumsden

Fact check: Municipal taxpayers foot the bill for police brutality with interest-collecting bonds

"American taxpayers may not fully realize that while (individual) law enforcement officers are not paying anything out of their own pockets for any wrongdoing, state and local governments are paying enormous sums."

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News Channel 5 Nashville Eleanor Lumsden

Study examines the costs associated with police brutality

“A study from the Golden Gate University School of Law found that African Americans have a higher rate of PTSD than white Americans.”

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Panels & Presentations

Corporate Due Diligence & the Digital Transformation

What is the appropriate balance between innovation and corporate responsibility to respect human rights? Can due diligence safeguard human rights? What role should regulation play?

Chair
Prof. Eleanor Lumsden, Research Associate at Nova BHRE,* Consultant, and Professor of Law at Golden Gate University

Speakers
Dr. Isabel Ebert, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Business Ethics, University St Gallen;

David Jargiello, Lecturer at Berkeley School of Law, Partner at VLP Law Group LLP and Chair of its Professional Responsibility and Risk Management Practice Group;

Valérie Konde, Head of International Growth at Pleo;

Pedro Lomba, Partner and head of the Technology, Mobility and Communications practice, PLMJ;

Howard Pyle, Founder of ExperienceFutures; and

Amit Sen, Senior Interagency Coordinator at the UNHCR

*The NOVA Knowledge Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment (NOVA BHRE) is an innovative and multidisciplinary academic centre within the Nova School of Law. It was founded by its current director Claire Bright, and is supported by a team composed of experts both from NOVA School of Law and NOVA School of Business & Economics (NOVA SBE) as well as external experts from all around the world.

The main goal of the NOVA BHRE is to foster responsible business conduct that upholds respect for human rights, decent work and environmental standards throughout their entire global value chains, thereby also advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The centre is focused on applied academic work, which puts the latest academic research directly into practice, and clarifies the role of law in corporate sustainability.

https://novabhre.novalaw.unl.pt/

Promise or Peril? Tech Innovation, Regulation, and Future Societies - Prof. Eleanor Lumsden (4.8.2022)

BAU-KU Law Student Summit on the Future of the Legal Profession, Istanbul, Türkiye