Februrary 26, 2008. Ethics and Employees: ILO Emphasizes the Business Role in Stopping Forced Labor
Corporate Social Responsibility: Intel Ranks First in CRO’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008; Working with Local Populations – 2 articles for governments and corporations; Two New Guides for Ethical Conduct in Small to Medium-Sized Firms
Public Sector Governance: Partnership for Transparency Fund Receives Large Grant; TI Calls for 2008 Integrity Award Nominations…And More…
In the news – Headlines include:
* Argentina Considers Tax Breaks for Better Corporate Governance.
* High-Profile Case Finds Five U.S. Insurance Execs Guilty of Fraud.
* Thailand’s Ruling Could Threaten Thaksin’s Return to Power.
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Ethics and Employees
* ILO Emphasizes the Business Role in Stopping Forced Labor – The International Labor Organization argues businesses have a greater responsibility to develop policies within their own supply chains to ensure they are not involved in forced labor practices – a sadly common practice in a highly unregulated, global labor market.
Corporate Social Responsibility
* Intel Ranks First in CRO’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens 2008 – For the ninth year in a row, the Corporate Responsibility Officer Magazine has generated a list of the 100 best U.S.-headquartered companies based on their corporate social responsibility activities in eight categories, including lobbying for the first time.
* Business Ethics for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses – The Institute of Business Ethics and Transparency International have each issued valuable new guides for SMEs that complement each other.
Public Sector Governance
* PTF to Work with Global Integrity – The Partnership for Transparency Fund gets a $530,000 grant to fight corruption and promote transparency. The Fund will partner with Global Integrity to track progress on the ground.
* TI Calls for 2008 Integrity Award Nominations – Nominate anti-corruption fighters who deserve Transparency International’s prestigious award and read about the 2007 award recipients.
Still in the news…Spielberg Says Conscience Matters in Business – Under pressure from human rights groups, movie director Steven Spielberg has ended his business engagement as artistic director of the Beijing Olympics – a protest about China’s relations with Sudan and the Dafur crisis – read his landmark statement.
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