United States and Ethical business
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- Exploitation faced by immigrant workers in the United States
- M. Bauer / Southern Poverty Law Center, 2007
- This paper discusses the exploitation faced by ‘guestworkers’ in the United States. The paper argues that the rights of guestwokers – temporary workers from largely Latin American countries, particularly Mexico - are no...
- A manual for holding US corporations and others parties accountable for human rights and environmental abuses overseas
- M. Simons / EarthRights International, 2006
- This manual outlines legal measures in the United States for holding corporations and others parties accountable for human rights and environmental abuses overseas. The guide is directed toward non-lawyers who want to learn about this...
- Are US jewellery retailers doing enough to combat blood diamonds?
- Global Witness, 2007
- This report presents summarises the results of a survey evaluating the regulation of “blood diamonds” in the US diamond jewellery retail sector. The report looks at the industry’s implementation of self-regulation to co...
- A collection of articles on Chinese labour issues
- US-China Business Council, 2006
- This series of articles discusses different aspects of labour conditions in China as well as United States business efforts to ensure appropriate labour and related conditions in Chinese production facilities. The articles discuss cod...
- Shell's problem projects
- Friends of the Earth International, 2007
- This report presents nine cases of socially and environmentally problematic projects in which Shell is involved. Each case contains concrete proposals and demands detailing how these problems can be addressed. The report focuses on ca...
- Do small farmers benefit from GM crops?
- J. López Villar; B. Freese; A. Bebb; N. Bassey; C. Améndola; M. Ferreira / Friends of the Earth International, 2007
- This report discusses the global performance of genetically-modified (GM) crops. The analysis includes numerous case studies including case studies on different GM crops in the United States, soybeans in South America and GM cotton in...
- Outlines recommendations for strengthening the Kimberley Process
- Partnership Africa Canada, 2006
- This report describes the current problems facing the Kimberley Process (KP), and the remedial action that is required if governments and industry are serious about ending conflict diamonds. In particular, the report highlights proble...
- Laws, norms and mechanisms governing companies' breaches of international law
- A. Ramasastry; R. Thompson / Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2006
- Based on a number of surveys examining the jurisprudence of a total of sixteen nations - Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, UK, and U...
- Post-war and disaster reconstruction programmes: who profits?
- Focus on the Global South, 2006
- This publication addresses some of the key issues and challenges that accompany post war and post disaster reconstruction programmes. The collection of articles in this publication range from analysing the economic and political restr...
- Corporate response in three natural disasters
- D. Munir; K. Jamal / Eldis Document Store, 2005
- This report looks at the corporate response in three natural disasters: the Indian Ocean Tsunami, hurricane Katrina, and the 8/10 Earthquake in Pakistan. 23 transnational companies (TNCs) were selected for analysis. About seventy perc...
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