Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress

Former Center for Racial Justice visiting fellow, legal scholar, and sociologist Atinuke O. Adediran discusses her new book Disclosureland: How Corporate Words Constrain Racial Progress. Drawing from social science research and legal analysis, Disclosureland uncovers the power structures and institutional practices that determine how companies respond to calls for change. Critical, insightful, and forward-thinking, Disclosureland challenges readers to look beyond public rhetoric to understand how corporate narratives shape our collective pursuit of fairness, equity, and shared responsibility. Adediran will be joined in conversation by Mark S. Mizruchi, U-M professor of sociology.

This event is open to U-M students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members and is co-sponsored by the U-M Department of Sociology and Michigan Business Law. 

Lunch from Jerusalem Garden provided.

Accessibility note

Speakers will use microphones. 

About the speakers

Atinuke (Tinu) O. Adediran, JD, PhD, is an associate professor of law at Fordham University. Professor Adediran uses social science research to uncover how business, law, and society influence one another, revealing the hidden structures, power dynamics, and institutional practices that shape economic opportunity and social progress. 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.

Mark S. Mizruchi is a professor of sociology at U-M.Professor Mizruchi's research focuses on the economic and political behavior of large American corporations as well as the methods of social network analysis. His primary current project is a study of the changing nature of the American corporate elite, from the early twentieth century to the present. He is also studying the role of elite fragmentation in societal outcomes, the determinants of democracy, and methods for measuring the effects of social network ties. He teaches courses on economic sociology, sociological theory, social networks, and statistical methods.

Center for Racial Justice

Center for Racial Justice Visiting Fellows

Antinuke Adediran

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