India and Ethical business
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- More incentives are needed to improve CSR in cashew nut production
- N. Kanji / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
- In response to the usual emphasis on 'win-win' situations in the CSR agenda, this paper examines the case of cashew production in Mozambique and India. It illustrates the danger of a 'race to the bottom' when companies operating in li...
- Political will is needed to free bonded child labourers in India's silk industry
- Human Rights Watch, 2003
- This report is a survey of child labour in the silk industry in India. The report argues that the Indian government, by heavily regulating and subsidizing the industry, is in an especially favourable position to intervene to stop the ...
- Current IPR/trade regimes ill-serving Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
- M.A. Bengwayan / Minority Rights Group International, 2003
- This report looks at efforts by the UN and governments to protect indigenous and tribal heritage from exploitation; the pressures on governments to allow exploitation of indigenous knowledge; the many initiatives taken by Asian indige...
- Self-regulation alone is inadequate to secure corporate social accountability
- Christian Aid, 2004
- This report examines case studies of Shell in Nigeria, British American Tobacco in Kenya and Coca-cola in India, and argues that the corporate world’s commitments to responsible behaviour are not borne out in practice. It argues ...
- Natural disasters: the business of Asian business?
- John Twigg / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- Should the private sector in developing countries get involved in natural disaster reduction? How could businesses be encouraged to move beyond providing support to relief efforts by taking up disaster preparedness instead? How transf...
- The destruction of mangroves: case studies from around the world
- World Rainforest Movement, 2003
- This book gathers a selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM), addressing the issue of the processes leading to the destruction of mangrove forests and the struggles deve...
- What can be done to modify strategies for the present day labour movements?
- A.V. Jose / International Labour Organization, 2002
- This report presents a representative sample of the comparative research undertaken by the International Institute for Labour Studies on comparative research on “Trade union responses to globalization”. It involves 15 countr...
- Eco-tourism enterprises to diversify fishers' livelihoods
- N. M. Saville / Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2002
- The aim of this study was to identify suitable ecotourism products and eco-enterprises that would provide income generation opportunities for local fishers in the Gulf of Mannar (GOM), Tamil Nadu. The motivation for the study is that ...
- Private sector role in combating HIV, TB and malaria among their workers
- Global Health Initiative, 2002
- Series of papers and background materials on private sector efforts to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The case studies are intended to be a tool to facilitate greater engagement by companies by illustrating examples of the...
- Right to know campaign details US corporate abuses abroad and calls for transparency in all US company activities.
- Friends of the Earth, 2003
- This campaign document begins by describing the Bhopal disaster and uses it as an example of US companies failing to disclose information, in their operations abroad, that affect the health of workers, neighbours and other citizens. T...
- 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...
