Tobacco companies have started to position themselves as good corporate citizens. The effort towards CSR engagement in the tobacco industry is not only heavily criticized by
anti-tobacco NGOs. Some opponents such as the the World Health Organization have even categorically questioned the possibility of social responsibility in the tobacco [...]
QUESTION UNDER STUDY: In 2006 the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) introduced an institutional directive specifying the conditions for assisted suicide, in accordance
with professional guidelines and the recommendation of the Swiss National Advisory Commission on Biomedical Ethics that every acute care hospital take up a position [...]
In recent years, an explosion of interest in neuroscience has led to the development of "Neuro-law," a new multidisciplinary field of knowledge whose aim is to examine the
impact and role of neuroscientific findings in legal proceedings. Neuroscientific evidence is increasingly being used in US and European courts in criminal trials, [...]
This White Paper explores the legal dimensions of the European Union (EU)’s value-driven cybersecurity by investigating the notions of ‘value-driven’ and ‘cybersecurity’
from the perspective of EU law. It starts with a general overview of legal issues in current value-driven cybersecurity debates (Chapter 2), showing how values embedded [...]
Im Rahmen der Diskussionen um das Rahmenabkommen mit der EU wird die Übernahme der Beihilfenregelung der EU durch die Schweiz (und im Fall eines Finanzdienstleistungsabkommens
die Übernahme der Dienstleistungsfreiheit erwogen). Dabei werden immer wieder zwei Aspekte der kantonalen Gebäudeversicherungsmonopole (KGV) thematisiert, welche [...]
A core objective of the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project was to ensure that profits are taxed where activities generating the profits take place. In this regard,
international policy making organisations, such as the OECD and EU Commission, have reinforced the application of certain activity-based concepts, such as substantial [...]
The effectiveness of public policies management significantly depends on a clear allocation of tasks between levels of government. In 2004 was accepted the Swiss reform of
the allocation of tasks in order to “re-assign” the responsibilities between the federal government and the cantons, and to redefine the values of federalism. [...]
