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Title: Doctored records on working hours and pay are causing problems for consumer multinationals as they source more of their goods in Asia - Why ethical sourcing means show and tell

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Visit: Doctored records on working hours and pay are causing problems for consumer multinationals as they source more of their goods in Asia - Why ethical sourcing means show and tell
Author: Lauren Foster & Alexandra Harney, Financial Times
Dated: 22 Apr 2005
Factory managers in China are becoming increasingly sophisticated at falsifying worker time cards and payroll documents to disguise irregularities including underpayment, excessive hours and inadequate health and safety provision...meaning that many of the international companies that source from China are learning less about the actual working conditions in the factories they use, even as they step up efforts to monitor them. The practices also mean that some western groups' assurances that they are abiding by China's labour laws and their own codes of conduct are based on faulty information. [refers to Wal-Mart, Nike, Liz Claiborne, Yue Yuen, Reebok, adidas-Salomon, New Balance, Levi Strauss, Gap]
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Title: At a store near you: ecofriendly lumber

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Visit: At a store near you: ecofriendly lumber
Author: Danna Harman, Christian Science Monitor
Dated: 22 Apr 2005
...certified "fair trade" lumber [is] catching on: everyone from small US furnituremakers to the Home Depot - even Gibson Guitar Corp., which is set to move to 100 percent certified wood this month - are increasingly bringing ecofriendly lumber to stores near you. [also refers to International Specialties, Earthsource Forest Products]
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Title: Microsoft under fire for reversal on gay rights bill

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Visit: Microsoft under fire for reversal on gay rights bill
Author: Sarah Kershaw, New York Times
Dated: 22 Apr 2005
The Microsoft Corporation, at the forefront of corporate gay rights for decades, is coming under fire from gay rights groups, politicians and its own employees for withdrawing its support for a state bill that would have barred discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. [also refers to Nike, Boeing, Coors (Adolph Coors, part of Molson Coors), HP]

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Visit: Microsoft CEO issues internal memo on gay rights [USA]
Author: Elizabeth M. Gillespie, Associated Press [USA]
Dated: 23 Apr 2005
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Title: ALCAN Commits to Releasing Documents Regarding Controversial Indian Project

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Author: Alcan't in India
Dated: 22 Apr 2005
As ALCAN share holders convened in Montreal for the company's annual general meeting, approximately 80 concerned community members assembled outside to voice their concerns regarding ALCAN's 45% investment in the controversial Utkal Alumina International Ltd. (UAIL) project...they called for ALCAN to release documents to support its claims that the project is environmentally sound, including the official Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as well as evidence indicating that affected villages in the area now support the project. Hanley [ALCAN's chief executive for Bauxite and Alumina Michael Hanley] committed to providing Sud and Dubois with the requested documents...Hanley also stated that Alcan has still not decided whether or not to further develop this long-stalled project.

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Visit: Mines vs People: Sleeping with the Enemy [India]
Author: Minati Dash, Tehelka [India]
Dated: 24 Jul 2005
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Title: Zari for nothing, these children come dirt cheap [India]

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Visit: Zari for nothing, these children come dirt cheap [India]
Author: Times of India
Dated: 22 Apr 2005
...the number of children working in zari workshops in...Mumbai [India] is close to 60,000... They are made to work for long hours with constant abuse and for little money...Zari work, like carpet-making, is listed as a hazardous industry under the Child Labour Act (1986).
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Title: [DOC] Statement by Business Social Compliance Initiative on Spectrum Sweater [Bangladesh]

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Visit: [DOC] Statement by Business Social Compliance Initiative on Spectrum Sweater [Bangladesh]
Author: Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI)
Dated: 22 Apr 2005
BSCI member companies have learnt about the collapse of the Spectrum Factory in Savar and wish to express their concern and regret for the tragedy which has affected so many people...BSCI will help with any further measures in order to try to prevent the occurrence of such a catastrophe in the future.

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Visit: Spectrum Update: New info & demands [Bangladesh]
Author: Clean Clothes Campaign
Dated: 24 Apr 2005
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Title: Deloitte and UNDP join forces for tsunami reconstruction

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Author: UN Development Programme
Dated: 22 Apr 2005
Through its member firms, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the world's leading professional services organizations, has begun providing 14,000 hours of pro bono advisory services to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to help ensure that tsunami reconstruction funds are used efficiently and transparently, UNDP announced today.
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Title: A Big Win for Human Rights

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Visit: A Big Win for Human Rights
Author: Daphne Eviatar, Nation [USA]
Dated: 21 Apr 2005
Experts say this case [Alien Tort Claims Act case in US courts against Unocal, alleging involvement in Burma abuses] and the settlement will have a broad impact on corporations and force them to consider their conduct overseas. [also refers to Shell, ChevronTexaco, Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Total]
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Title: Abu Ghraib Translator Unschooled in Geneva Conventions

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Author: Leon Worden, Santa Clarita Signal [USA]
Dated: 21 Apr 2005
More than a year after he gave it, John B. Israel's [translator for subcontractor to Titan] sworn testimony in the initial [US] Army investigation of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal has found its way into the public domain. [quotes John Israel about lack of knowledge regarding Geneva Conventions; also refers to CACI]

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Visit: CACI in Iraq - Frequently Asked Questions - Q5: Does use of private contractors contribute to human rights abuses?
Author: CACI
Dated: 14 Sep 2004

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Visit: Statement Issued by Gene Ray, Titan's Chairman, President & CEO
Author: Titan
Dated: 07 May 2004
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Title: Wall Street Journal, New York Times Editors Reflect on Business Ethics

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Visit: Wall Street Journal, New York Times Editors Reflect on Business Ethics
Author: Business Ethics
Dated: 21 Apr 2005
The inaugural Business Ethics Summit...entitled “Corporate Scandals, Corporate Responsibility and the Media: Who Should We Believe?”...was attended by approximately 120 representatives of the media, corporate executives, socially responsible investment firms, academics and others. [participants included representatives from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC News, MarketWatch, Fortune, Xerox, Intel, Burson-Marsteller, Abernathy MacGregor, Calvert]

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Visit: North America: Corporate scandals, corporate responsibility and the media: whom should we believe?
Author: Aleksandra Dobkowski-Joy, Ethical Corporation
Dated: 04 May 2005
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