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What digital rights mean for investors

  • Explain what is meant by digital rights
  • Explain why the debate around digital rights is growing
  • Explain the role of the advisers in helping clients gain better understanding about digital rights
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What digital rights mean for investors
How the rapid development of technology is changing the approach of fund managers and the role advisers play
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For many years now tech stocks have been under scrutiny in relation to the human rights implications of their products and services, with a focus on the potential for human rights risks or other social harms.  

As a result, fund managers and activist organisations are increasingly having ongoing dialogues with tech companies around these issues and in some cases file shareholder proposals to change company behaviour.

The rapid development of technology is certainly accelerating the debate around digital human rights and the approach of fund managers toward investments. 

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But what does this mean for investors and what role do advisers play?

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Approx.30min

Please answer the six multiple choice questions below in order to bank your CPD. Multiple attempts are available until all questions are correctly answered.

  1. What are important digital human rights that are affected by digital technologies?

  2. Why have tech stocks been under scrutiny for many years?

  3. According to Elliot, what role do advisers play in investor engagement on digital human rights?

  4. Why could AI cause problems?

  5. What is one way that fund managers can act if they feel the companies are not behaving appropriately?

  6. True or false. The human rights risks are only relevant at the end of the digital value chain, in the use of products and services.

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  • Explain what is meant by digital rights
  • Explain why the debate around digital rights is growing
  • Explain the role of the advisers in helping clients gain better understanding about digital rights

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