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Governments, activists, and the media have become adept at holding companies to account for the social consequences of their activities. Myriad organizations rank companies on the performance of their ...

Languages often co-express related meanings, either reusing words or combining parts of words. It is poorly understood when each strategy is favoured. Across 1,982 languages, Brochhagen et al. find ...