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Articles by Vikram Bhargava
India’s Press Note 3 Framework Revisited: Investments From Land Bordering Countries
Vikram Bhargava’s articles from Clasis Law are most popular: within Government and Public Sector topic(s) in India with readers working within the Retail & Leisure and Law Firm industries Clasis Law are most popular: within Government, Public Sector, Technology and International Law topic(s) Managing foreign investment has always been a balancing act for India, as it seeks to encourage capital inflows on the one hand while protecting national interest on the other.
COVID-19 Death: What Is The Employer's Liability?
India: COVID-19 Death: What Is The Employer's Liability? 06 October 2021 by Vikram Bhargava and Raveena Verma Clasis Law and Associates Your LinkedIn Connections with the authors To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The second wave of COVID-19 in India left the country in dismay due to the grim statistics of deaths. India Inc.
How India Regulates Social Media And The OTT Platforms
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Introduction Social Media such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter today is not just a mode of entertainment today but it has evolved into an arena for trade and commerce activities as well. It has also upheld the basic criteria of transmission of information and it has also accommodated a space for people to freely express their views as well as opinions.
Deputation Of Employees: Structural Options For The Employer
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. With the evolution of global commercial mobility, it has become a common practice amongst the multinationals to depute their employees within their group companies or affiliates for rendering certain services for a specific period of time.
Social media: An addictive product unlike any other
The more you use a particular social media platform, the more addictive that platform becomes – not just generally, but for you, specifically. The sale of products that are addictive, such as tobacco and alcohol, is obviously not new. And businesses that trade in addiction have long raised ethical concerns. Recently, social media addiction has drawn critical attention from several articles, books, TED talks, and documentaries.
Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction
Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings. Abstract Social media companies commonly design their platforms in a way that renders them addictive.
Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction
With most businesses, the user of the product or service is the source of the revenue. But there is another kind of business—the so-called attention-economy business, typically an ad-based business—where the user of the product or service is not directly the source of the revenue. Instead, the user’s attention is the product, and this product in turn is sold to advertisers or other buyers (Williams, Reference Williams2018).
Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction
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Are online dating companies swiping left on Black Lives Matter?
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Race-based filters and bigoted match algorithms suggest discrimination against people of color on dating apps Vikram R. Bhargava is Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. His research is on the ethics and policy of business and technology.
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