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As yet another ransomware attack sweeps the globe, major companies, including electricity providers, banks and technology firms are getting caught. This is a serious problem for their customers, too, who suffer from corporations’ weak cybersecurity practices. Scott Shackelford at Indiana University, a scholar of cybersecurity and business law, explains why it’s time for the corporate social responsibility movement to get involved.

In Wisconsin, the state assembly recently passed legislation that would require public colleges and universities to punish students who disrupt campus speakers. Educational law professor Neal Hutchens argues that, if the bill passes the state senate, Wisconsin would be protecting university guests at the expense of students’ free speech.

And the Trump administration has taken up a new catchphrase in discussing U.S. energy policy – energy dominance – which is a central theme to a series of events this week. Energy policy researcher Daniel Raimi from the University of Michigan asks: Is this really something we want as a country, or can even do?

Jeff Inglis

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Companies need to make sure their own doors are locked. rodimov/shutterstock.com

'NotPetya' ransomware attack shows corporate social responsibility should include cybersecurity

Scott Shackelford, Indiana University

When companies neglect cybersecurity, customers – and society as a whole – suffer. It’s time customers demanded better of corporations.

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  • New legislation may make free speech on campus less free

    Neal H. Hutchens, University of Mississippi

    New laws pending in Wisconsin and North Carolina would require public universities to punish students who disrupt campus speakers. But these laws would do more to hinder free speech than protect it.

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