This report is the product of a collaboration between the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) and Open MIC (Open Media and Information Companies Initiative).

The authors express our thanks to all those who helped inform this report through consultations and review of specific sections:

  • Dunstan Allison-Hope, Senior Advisor, BSR

  • Stephanie Bell, Partnership on AI

  • Annette Bernhardt, UC Berkeley Labor Center

  • Vonda Brunsting, Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School

  • Hannah Darnton, BSR

  • Andrea Dehlendorf, Strategic Advisor on Labor, Tech & Economic Justice; Past Executive Director, United for Respect

  • James Farrar, Worker Info Exchange

  • Ryan Gerety, Athena Coalition

  • Mark Graham, Fairwork, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

  • Krystal Kauffman, Turkopticon

  • John Marshall, UFCW 324 and 3000

  • Michelle Miller, Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Harvard Law School

  • Aiha Nguyen, Data & Society

  • Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo, The Brookings Institute

  • Matthew Scherer, Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)

  • AFL-CIO

  • AFL-CIO Tech Institute

  • Communications Workers of America Union (CWA)

  • Investor Alliance for Human Rights

  • TechEquity Collaborative

The views expressed in this guidance are those of the authors, and not necessarily of any individual or organization which contributed to the guidance.

To learn more about this report and ICCR’s Advancing Worker Justice program, contact Nadira Narine at:
nnarine@iccr.org.

Acknowledgements

About the Interfaith Center on
Corporate Responsibility (ICCR):

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) is a broad coalition of more than 300 institutional investors collectively representing over $4 trillion in invested capital. ICCR members, a cross-section of faith-based investors, asset managers, pension funds, foundations, and other long-term institutional investors, have over 50 years of experience engaging with companies on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) issues that are critical to long-term value creation. ICCR members engage hundreds of corporations annually to foster greater corporate accountability. Visit our website www.iccr.org.

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Open MIC leverages investor power to improve corporate transparency and accountability in the development and deployment of digital technologies. Working with sustainable investors, policymakers, civil society organizations, and tech-driven companies themselves, we use shareholder engagement and other finance-focused strategies to promote human rights, equitable economies, and healthy democracies for the long term. Our work is rooted in fundamental business and human rights frameworks, rigorous research, and a practice of following the leadership of frontline communities directly affected by corporate harms. Visit our website www.openmic.org.

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