India and Ethical business
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- Investor incentives and the race to the bottom in India
- P. Oskarsson / FinnWatch, 2005
- This report examines incentives offered to investors in India by the central government in New Delhi as well as the different state governments. The report argues that incentives are handed out to international investors, not because ...
- Shortcomings of social auditing in the garment and sportswear industry
- Clean Clothes Campaign, 2005
- This report argues that social audits as they are currently carried out often fail to deliver as a tool for checking working conditions in facilities producing garments and sports shoes. The report, based on research carried out in Ba...
- Child labour and the economics of cottonseed production
- D. Venkateswarlu; L. da Corta / India Committee of the Netherlands, 2005
- This paper examines whether or not the procurement price policy of the seed companies has any relationship with the widespread use of child labour in hybrid cottonseed production in Andhra Pradesh. The authors discuss how recent debat...
- Eradicating Indian child labour through community mobilisation
- Mamidipudi Venkatarangaiya Foundation, 2005
- This report details MVF’s work in local communities in India, as well as with national and international companies in the effort to eliminate child labour in cotton seed farms. Many of the children are girls, 90% of them are invo...
- Poverty, hunger and a denial of workers’ rights on India's tea plantations
- ActionAid International, 2005
- This report assesses the conditions on India’s tea plantations, which are characterised by poverty, hunger and a denial of workers’ rights. The report highlights that since the late 1990s, at least 60,000 workers have lost t...
- Caste discrimination in South Asia needs greater attention, especially from the private sector
- India Committee of the Netherlands, 2005
- This report outlines the main arguments and issues raised in the seminar entitled ‘Employment Principles for Foreign Investors in South Asia’ held in 2004 in London. The seminar raised a number of important issues in relatio...
- Bioprospecting, biopiracy in India and the stalemate in the WTO
- K. Das / India Together, 2005
- This editorial examines issues surrounding biopiracy in India. The author states that patent offices in some countries require only that the patented bits be novel in their own country, and completely ignores the knowledge of other na...
- Case study in sustainable tourism from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 2005
- This case study presents a green model for eco-tourism as it is currently in place at the Welcomgroup Bay Island (WGBI) hotel in Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The model concentrates on a so-called four-...
- More can be done to improve CSR of Dutch companies in India
- Consultancy and Research for Environmental Management, Netherlands, 2004
- This study sets out to analyse to what extent Dutch companies in India have developed a policy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as well as to identify good practices and potential difficulties in the implementation of such pol...
- Poor environmental ratings harm company stock prices in India
- S. Gupta; B. Goldar / Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, India, 2003
- A growing body of research suggests that capital markets react to environmental news and thus create incentives for pollution control in both developed and emerging market economies. The use of the market as a regulatory mechanism may...
- Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID)
- Industry and the corporate sector in India
- ESocialSciences (eSS)
- Research in Asia
- Nalsar University of Law, Hyderabad, India
- University conducting research on law-related issues
- Liberty Institute, India
- Indian socio-economic research institute focussing on governance, the environment, and economics.
- Centre for Social Markets, UK
- Independent organisation dedicated to promoting social justice, human rights and sustainable development through responsible entrepreneurship and the effective use of economic institutions. CSM currently has offices in the United Kingdom and India and works through a global network of associates and specialists in diverse fields. While international in scope, CSM has a particular focus on the pr...
