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Why do corporations act against the public interest? We may have the answers (it’s not just greed)

  • Written by Stephen R. Buzdugan, Senior Lecturer in International Business, Manchester Metropolitan University
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For the past two years, Tesla has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with the Swedish labour union IF Metall. It is of a scale that the union hasn’t witnessed since the 1930s.

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