Nokia recently raised its voice on the issue of conflict minerals by publishing a policy that spells out its stand. The Finnish phone maker joins other consumer electronics companies in the corporate responsibility of avoiding conflict minerals in their supply chain. “We are concerned about the link between illegal extraction and trade [...]

A new California lawsuit accuses Apple, Google, Adobe Systems, Intel, and other tech companies of violating antitrust laws by allegedly conspiring to fix employee pay, as well as working out “no solicitation” deals with one another. The suit (PDF), which seeks class action status, was filed today with the California Superior Court in Alameda County [...]

Silicon Valley high tech firms are on the hot seat over accusations that they’re not hiring enough minorities. Three non-profit groups targeted Google for a protest because it wouldn’t provide a breakdown of its workforce by race or ethnicity. “The only way we can solve the problem is finding out what [...]

L’organisation des principaux producteurs et fonderies de l’étain (ITRI), s’est dit prêt à débuter la seconde phase d’essai pilote au sujet de la traçabilité de l’étain provenant des mines de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). La plus haute autorité mondiale dans le domaine de l’étain ” va commencer à établir une traçabilité du minerai [...]

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday filed an antitrust case against Intel Corp., accusing the chip behemoth of using “bribery and coercion to maintain a stranglehold” on the semiconductor market. Shares of Intel gained 1.25% Wednesday, gaining in a broadly higher market, as the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company, part of the Dow Jones [...]

Innovative green and social products greatly contribute to the ethical reputation of technology hardware companies, while labour, legal, institutional and production-related challenges are rising, states a report published today by Geneva-based research firm Covalence – Covalence Technology Hardware Industry Report 2008. In Covalence cross-sectors EthicalQuote ranking Technology Hardware recently lost the 1st rank against Automobiles [...]

Intel’s INSPIRE•EMPOWER Challenge is looking for ideas from individuals, developers, organizations, and the public at large for using technology to address a global issue in the areas of education, health care, economic development, and the environment. Winners will get $100,000 USD to get their idea off the ground! Image source: podtech.net. > Continue.
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Various US business leaders such as Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft; Craig Barrett, Chairman, Intel Corporation; John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco; Yousif B. Ghafari, Chairman, GHAFARI, Inc.; and Dr. Ray Irani, Chairman, President and CEO, Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced recently the various progress in efforts to bring long term economic growth and stability to [...]

Previous statements can be useful to understand women’s situation on the labour
market. Since the beginning of mankind, division of labour was established: men go
hunting while women collect fruits. Afterward, men had been supposed to bring money
home, occupying the public sphere, and women had to look after the kids and the
household, confined in the private sphere. [...]