Disclosureland: How Corporate Worlds Constrain Racial Progress

Colloquium with Atinuke Adediran, Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University.

Professor Adediran uses empirical sociological methods to study the relationship between business, law, and society.

Her work spans a range of ideas with reputational, financial, social, and political consequences for the private sector and society, including environmental and social issues, stakeholder welfare, diversity and inclusion, race relations, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility, and pro bono legal services. Within this framework, Professor Adediran has studied a range of legal institutions, including corporations, law firms, and nonprofit organizations.

Professor Adediran has published articles and essays in leading law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, including the California Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Law and Social Inquiry, Northwestern Law Review, Virginia Law Review, and UCLA Law Review. Her work has also been featured in popular outlets like Bloomberg Law, Fortune, and the Wall Street Journal.

Her book, Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress, forthcoming in Cambridge University Press, examines how corporate rhetoric on race benefits corporations while limiting the role of the corporation in achieving real racial progress.