The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that “everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests” (Article 23, Section 4). As human rights advocates around the world celebrate International Human Rights Day, the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) has released “Working for Scrooge: 5 Worst [...]

Sur le champ du développement durable, les médias ont souvent une attitude critique vis-à-vis des entreprises. Une position qu’ils ne s’appliquent pas toujours à eux-mêmes… Manque de transparence, faible prise en compte des enjeux environnementaux et sociétaux : le secteur des médias est à la traîne. Comme le soulignait Laurent Joffrin, Directeur de la rédaction [...]

Au cours de ces dernières années, la Tanzanie a perdu quelque 265 millions de dollars dans l’exploitation de ses richesses aurifères par des multinationales. Des taux de redevance excessivement bas, des concessions d’impôts et de taxes accordées aux sociétés minières et des soupçons d’évasion fiscale ont privé le Trésor public tanzanien d’importants revenus qui auraient [...]

The World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI) launches the first-ever anti-corruption campaign on YouTube to mark the International Anti-Corruption Day tomorrow. With US$ 1 trillion lost in bribes and other forms of corruption around the world each year, CEOs of leading global companies, including Alan L. Boeckmann, President and Chief Executive Officer, Fluor [...]

Eleven black current and former employees of Compass Group PLC have sued the company, contending it discriminated against them in its food-service operations at Comcast Corp.’s Philadelphia headquarters. The lawsuit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia against Compass Group, which is based in Chertsey, England, and has its North American headquarters in [...]

A group of major international financial institutions has joined with The Climate Group to launch a new code to guide best practice across the sector to deal with the risks and opportunities of climate change. The new code, titled The Climate Principles, is the first comprehensive industry framework for the sector’s response to climate change [...]

This paper attempts to provide a critical analysis of the mainstream conceptualization of financial risk and the changing nature of its governance and asks whether and how legitimacy for both is reproduced. It is found that the conventional tendency is to think of global finance as being too complex and technical: similarly the notion of [...]

The Justice Department has expanded its criminal investigation into foreign banks that sell offshore private banking services to include Credit Suisse and HSBC, according to people briefed on the matter. The investigation into the two European banks is an outgrowth of an inquiry by federal prosecutors and regulators into UBS, the Swiss bank giant, [...]

When customers reach the cash register, they often forget their eco-friendly attitudes. Businesses can do a lot more to help would-be “green” consumers walk their talk. The impulse to go “green” is spreading faster than morning glories. Organizations of all types are launching green campaigns—from London’s congestion charge on automobiles to Wal-Mart Stores’ push to [...]