Corporate Accountability (Business)

Corporate Accountability Sites:

Corporate Culpability Corporate Culpability: C.M.V.Clarkson, Law Professor at University of Leicester has published numerous scholarly papers on corporate accountability. This is one of them. (Corporate Accountability) http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1998/issue2/clarkson2.html Corporate Accountability Project Corporate Accountability Project: Researching Corporations section provides links to numerous resources to investigate publicly traded corporations. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.corporations.org/research.html Initiative Against Economic Globalization PRAGUE 2000 Initiative Against Economic Globalization PRAGUE 2000: Aims to help citizens' democratic rights to publicly demonstrate in order to bring accountability to bear upon large, multinational corporations. (Corporate Accountability) http://inpeg.ecn.cz/ Business in the Community Business in the Community: A movement of businesses committed to continually improving their positive impact on society through corporate social responsibility. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.bitc.org.uk Max Havelaar Switzerland Max Havelaar Switzerland: Swiss firm promoting and enabling fair trade actions. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.maxhavelaar.ch One Market, Under God One Market, Under God: Thomas Frank, 35, contends that behind the go- go stock market and the feel-good atmosphere, the American economy that bloomed in the 1990's is sick, and that the divide between rich and poor has widened. To read this NY Times interview of him, requires f (Corporate Accountability) http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/21/business/21ANTI.html A Resolution on a Modern Myth A Resolution on a Modern Myth: It is resolved that Wal-Mart conduct a short-term study to disprove the modern myth that Sunday work maximizes profits. (Corporate Accountability) http://members.aol.com/skettler/wmresol1.html Airline On-Time Statistics Airline On-Time Statistics: U.S. Bureau of Transportation figures on airline's tardinesses. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.bts.gov/ntda/oai/ Tell Citibank.org Tell Citibank.org: A place for concerned citizens, including Citigroup stockholders and Citibank customers, to fight predatory lending at the Associates and to learn about community investing as a constructive alternative. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.tellcitibank.org/ Essential Action Essential Action: Site for alerting and organizing efforts in corporate accountability. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.essentialaction.org/ Shareholder Action Network Shareholder Action Network: Nonprofit group hosted by Coop America which informs and coordinates shareholder activism toward corporations which are behaving unethically. (Corporate Accountability) http://shareholderaction.org/ Corporate Social Responsibility Forum Corporate Social Responsibility Forum: Promotes social responsibility in business by increasing awareness of ethical matters and hosting a database for good corporate practices. Offers seminars and conferences. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.pwblf.org/ Focus on the Corporation Focus on the Corporation: Focus on the Corporation, a close look at corporate power and monopolization as it effects contemporary society. (via San Francisco Bay Guardian online edition) (Corporate Accountability) http://www.sfbg.com/focus/ Ethical Performance Ethical Performance: Monthly newsletter for professionals concerned with corporate social responsibility or for investors. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.ethicalperformance.com The MacBride Principles The MacBride Principles: Principles of conduct for firms doing business in Northern Ireland. (Corporate Accountability) http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/macbride.html CERES Principles CERES Principles: Formerly the Valdez Principles, the CERES Principles for environmentally sound business practices were drafted by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.ceres.org/ Better Business Bureau of Mainland British Columbia Better Business Bureau of Mainland British Columbia: Regional example of BBB that focuses on ethical matters of business members for the public. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.bbbvan.org/ Profit vs. Social Responsibility Profit vs. Social Responsibility: Cyber College asks students to calculate the costs / benefits of socially responsible business decisions. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.cybercollege.com/profits.htm Australian Ethical & Green Shareholders' Groups Australian Ethical & Green Shareholders' Groups: Descriptions and contact information for several Australian nonprofits whose aims are to make corporations accountable. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.ethical.shares.green.net.au Loka Institute Loka Institute: Begun in 1987, enables information and organizing about worldwide concerns with science, technology and society. Genetic engineering by corporations, for example, has been a focus here. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.loka.org/pages/lokainfo.htm The Fair Labor Association The Fair Labor Association: Nonprofit network which gets major footwear and clothing manufacturers to agree to disclose specific factory names, where in the world their products are manufactured. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.fairlabor.org/ Boycott Action News Boycott Action News: Co-op America's "tell it like it is" information about corporations that need to be made more accountable. (Corporate Accountability) http://boycotts.org/ CSR Europe CSR Europe: European business reference point for social responsibility issues. Includes case studies, publications, current activities and databank search. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.csreurope.org Ending the Wall Street Walk: Why Corporate Governance Now? Ending the Wall Street Walk: Why Corporate Governance Now?: Although published several years ago, James McRitchie's report presents certain minimum standards with specific corporate examples of "doing what's right." (Corporate Accountability) http://www.corpgov.net/forums/commentary/ending.html Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Business for Social Responsibility (BSR): Provides information, tools, training and advisory services to make corporate social responsibility an integral part of business operations and strategies. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.bsr.org/ International Corporate Environmental Reports International Corporate Environmental Reports: Corporate Accountability vis a vis the environment. English link, site name, Milieujaarverslagen. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.enviroreporting.com/ What is the OECD? What is the OECD?: Paper on overarching issues affecting corporate accountability. Discusses the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/articles/oecd/tears.htm CensorShip Kills CensorShip Kills: Anti-Corporate advertisers and underwriters. Supports competition to them by citizen-based Low Power FM radio stations. (Corporate Accountability) http://members.aol.com/deathurbia/censorshipkills.html European Corporate Governance Institute European Corporate Governance Institute: Non-Profit Network for European and Comparative Corporate Governance Issues. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.ecgi.org/ Corporate Watch Corporate Watch: An online magazine and resource center designed to provide activists, journalists, students, teachers and policy makers with an array of tools to investigate and analyze corporate activity. Documents the social, political, economic and environmental impac (Corporate Accountability) http://www.corpwatch.org/ News for McDonald's Franchisees News for McDonald's Franchisees: News, links and articles concerning the impact of poor or questionable management of McDonald's on its franchisees around the world. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.licenseenews.com/ Hands-On Corporate Research Guide Hands-On Corporate Research Guide: Step-by-step interactive guide to researching corporations on the Internet. (Corporate Accountability) http://corpwatch.radicaldesigns.org/article.php?id=945 C-SPAN: Corporate Accountability C-SPAN: Corporate Accountability: Highlights recent video and news pertaining to accounting reform, SEC and FTC actions and Congressional oversight, and related issues. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=CORP_ACCT&ShowVidNum=6&Rot_Cat_CD=Corp_Acct&Rot_HT=&Rot_WD= Anti-Scofflaw Regulation Anti-Scofflaw Regulation: This proposal would prevent the federal government from entering into contracts with companies that are chronic violators of consumer, environmental, labor, tax, antitrust and employment laws. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.essentialaction.org/anti-scofflaw Better World electronic edition Better World electronic edition: This is third edition of Better World online. Useful links and references are here. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.betterworld.com/BWZ/9604/welcome.htm Local Competition Local Competition: Pennsylvania based group which says Verizon continues a monopoly on the East Coast by devious means. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.localcompetition.org/ Watered Stock Pyramid Analysis Watered Stock Pyramid Analysis: Links to articles by Bill Parish about Citicorp, Cisco Systems and Microsoft printing stock with abandon. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.billparish.com/journalists.html Corporate America: The Land of the Greed Corporate America: The Land of the Greed: Personal commentary by Evan Stair on the effects of corporate values on small town life. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.goinside.com/98/8/greed.html Campus Sweatshop Protests Spread Campus Sweatshop Protests Spread: Country wide student rallies urge stronger conduct codes for factories that make clothing bearing university logos. Meetings and rallies at most major U.S. universities. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/corporations/campus/usatoday021799.html The International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) The International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF): ILRF, founded in 1986, is a nonprofit action and advocacy organization focused on human rights necessary for life and dignity Excellent information but graphics and frames may not load well. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.laborrights.org/ As You Sow As You Sow: Organization promoting corporate accountability - holding corporations accountable for complying with consumer, workplace and environmental laws. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.asyousow.org Corporate Governance Corporate Governance: Facilitates the movement to enhance wealth creation by transforming corporations into more democratic entities through shareholder activism and empowering boards of directors. (Corporate Accountability) http://www.corpgov.net/