For all that cutting Income Tax has come to be seen by
governments as a measure of their success, does the public really notice the benefit?
Not exact matches
There is no binding mechanism at the global level to hold corporations accountable for violating these
measures (although there are instruments such
as the Convention on the Rights
of the Child that give them weight in international law and are being used to remind
governments of their responsibilities, and there have also been some attempts at European Union level to hold corporations to account for activities in third countries, with little
success due to lack
of satisfactory reporting mechanism).
Success can't be
measured in terms
of the ratio
of government expenditure to GDP,
as someone on the Tory right — say, John Redwood — would like.
Obviously the average mobile consumer won't be that interested in a SecuTablet, but if the device sees any
measure of success it will go a long way to maintain the BlackBerry stronghold in industries such
as government (and work hard to keep the brand relevant moving forward).
It is easier to answer with more objective
measures, such
as success in having recommendations adopted by the
government, than with
measures such
as contributing to or even shifting the tone
of the debate around a particular legal or legal / social issue.