AUDI AG is looking to invest in renewable sources of energy. In support of this goal, Audi this week signed an agreement with the international consortium “Desertec Industrial Initiative”. The long-term goal of the joint venture is the climate-friendly production of energy in the deserts of North Africa and the Middle [...]

Les organisations de la société civile œuvrant dans la transparence et la lutte contre la corruption en République Démocratique du Congo, suivent avec une attention toute particulière depuis avril 2009 l’épisode malheureux ayant abouti littéralement au bannissement des activités commerciales des entreprise Stockage  Pétrolier du Katanga (SPK) et CONGOFRET SPRL (CF Congo) filiales locales de [...]

A sharply divided federal appeals court on Monday exposed Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to billions of dollars in legal damages when it ruled a massive class-action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination over pay for female workers can go to trial. In its 6-5 ruling, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said the [...]

Pfizer Inc. and Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) entered into an agreement for the development, access and delivery of a fixed-dose combination treatment consisting of azithromycin dihydrate (AZ) and chloroquine phosphate (CQ) for the Intermittent Preventive Treatment of P. falciparum malaria in pregnancy (IPTp). There is currently an unmet need for new treatment options and [...]

Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic airline on Thursday night moved to defend its reputation after Britain’s competition watchdog accused it for the second time of conspiring with a rival to fix prices charged to passengers. The Office of Fair Trading claimed that employees of Cathay Pacific Airways and Virgin exchanged commercially sensitive information between 2002 [...]

Une nouvelle loi en Grande-Bretagne interdit les fonds d’investissements «vautours», qui réalisent des profits énormes en spéculant sur les dettes de pays pauvres. Le principe est simple: ces fonds achètent à bas prix les créances de pays pauvres avant de se pourvoir en justice pour réclamer le remboursement de la totalité des sommes dûes. Souvenez-vous: [...]

Article 19 of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights states that “everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” Written in 1948, the [...]

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Technology companies are portrayed as the most ethical businesses in the world by the media, according to a survey released April 15. Covalence, a Swiss firm that tracks the ethical reputation of multinational companies, says that IBM, Intel and Cisco were the most ethical companies in the world [...]

In response to rampant mistreatment by food service contractor Sodexo, around 75 cafeteria workers at George Mason University went on strike today. The one-day work stoppage is in protest of Sodexo’s attack on workers’ right to raise their families out of poverty by forming a union with SEIU 32BJ. “All we want is respect and [...]

Covalence EthicalQuote Ranking has been published since 2005. From July 2010 on, the results are available in the Ethical Snapshots which can be purchased on a single basis or as annual subscription, for a company, a sector, or the entire universe.
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