Angelica Rutherford is a lecturer at Leeds Beckett University, co-director of the Technology, Innovation, and Global Law Research Group (TIG) and a fellow of Advance HE. Her research interests encompass international trade law, energy law (clean energy technologies), international investment law and arbitration, and business and human rights. Adopting both critical and pragmatic approaches, Angelica investigates the integration of environmental, human rights, and social considerations into international business law. Angelica is an interdisciplinary scholar, engaging in both socio-legal inquiry and law and economics research.

• PART I: Foundations and Conceptual Framework1. Introduction: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Emerging Sectors through the Lens of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2. Reconceptualising Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability to Enhance Multinational Corporations’ AccountabilityPART II: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in AI and Data3. Balancing Innovation and Responsibility: AI Regulation and Corporate Accountability in Emerging Sectors 4. Governing AI Risks within Companies: Directors’ Duty of Care in the Modern Age5. Embedding Responsibility and Accountability in Regulatory Frameworks Governing Conversational Agents in Mobile Mental Health Applications6. Digital Colonialism and Data Sovereignty in Africa: Human Rights Implications of Big Tech Expansion PART III: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Investment7. Investor Obligations in International Investment Agreements: Exploring Responsible Foreign Investment 8. Corporate Investors’ Exploitation and Plunder in the Democratic Republic of Congo – The Illusion of Development amidst Minerals Extraction PART IV: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Production and Consumption9. Blockchain and Corporate Responsibility: Smart Contracts as Tools for Enhancing Transparency and Accountability 10. Responsible Production and Consumption in Tourism and Hospitality PART V: Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Energy and Climate Change11. The Brazilian Pre-Salt Exploration by Foreign Petroleum and Gas Companies: Autonomy of Will under Law Number 12.351/2010 12. Corporate Liability for Carbon Emissions in Aviation: Legal and Business Frameworks