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Edwards Demands Corporate Responsibility

Democrat John Edwards on Friday released a plan he said would increase corporate responsibility, including limits on executive compensation packages and requirements that big businesses operate more openly.

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Boycott Whole Foods
Source: Common Dreams

John Mackey is a right wing libertarian. He's a union buster. He believes that corporations should not be criminally prosecuted for their crimes. He has just launched a campaign to defeat a single payer national health insurance system.

Debt Collectors - Third Parties - Attorneys - Infringement OH MY!
Source: A Customer's Personal Account

American Express has failed to recognize the intellect of the public... we're also creative as hell. The marketing and legal pimping is over. Go get 'em, Tiger!!

Corporate Leaders Push for Firms to Improve Oversight by Separating Roles
Source: Wall Street Journal

Segregation of duties alleviates the notion of absolute power, collusion and corruption. The effort to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive at U.S. public companies is gaining in popularity.

American Express Board Seat Sought - Vote for Peter Lindner! Vote for Peter!
Source: MSN

American Express currently has a 12-member board and all of the seats are up for election at this year's annual shareholder meeting on April 27.

Is U.S. News and World Report Misleading the Public?

If you're sloppy or you're unethical and you're exempt from so many of the regulations, it's easy to cover your tracks for a while. But sooner or later, these things come out. ~Paul Nelson, Philosopher and Scientist

McDonald's refuses workers compensation for shooting victim: Be a hero on your own time

McDonald's employee Nigel Haskett sprung into action when he noticed a woman getting smacked in the face in the Arkansas store where he was working. Haskett can be seen in the video throwing the attacker out of the store. Moments later Mr.

The Sexiest Man Alive: How Times Change! Peoples Magazine - Andrew Stergiou Dec 31,2008
Source: Andrew Stergiou Zito.biz

Critique of Peoples magazine's "Sexiest Man of the Year Award" the corporate business model of Time Warner, Wikipedia, and corporate self-promotion.

New Popularity for Dr. Seuss' 'The Lorax'
Source: Common Dreams

The little kids understand. My 6-year-old son, Emmett, reads Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" at least once a week and can explain the message of the book succinctly. "It's about ruining God's creations, that money's not more important than nature."

The Really Hard-to-Swallow Truth About the Bailout
Source: AlterNet.org

We somehow came to believe Wall Street's success was ours too, and that the bills we owed were never going to come due. Well, they are now.

Strategic Philanthropy: Often Overlooked, Examples for Nonprofits & Corporations
Source: machete.gummyprint.com

Cause Marketing, Corporate Citizenship, Corporate Responsibility — these are todays keywords.

David and Goliath - Working Folk versus Affluent America in the 2008 Election

The national conventions are over, the platforms established, and the homestretch run for your vote on November 4th has begun. But one thing that became obvious to Americans who tuned in to the conventions was the nature of the opponents.

Louise Ogborn: Young and Naïve or Just Plain Stupid?

Friday was the first time I had heard about Louise Ogborn's case against McDonalds, and when I saw the coverage on 20/20 I had some choice observations.

The Burmese Junta's accomplices in the West
Source: monbiot.com

Who trades with Burma? What excuses do they and our governments in the west have for doing so?

OIG Releases Resource Guide on Corporate Responsibility and Quality of Care
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The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General, in conjunction with the American Health Lawyers Association, recently released a resource guide entitled "Corporate Responsibility and Health Care Quality: A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors."

Hard Decisions and Corporate Humility - The Palm Foleo

On May 30, 2007, Palm announced the release of the Palm Foleo, billed as...a "mobile companion." Boasting a 10-inch widescreen display and a full-size keyboard, the device is intended to be used in conjunction with your smartphone, with any edits to documents made on one device a …

Compensation Reform

You know you live in America when the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility lauds retailers for violent video game monitoring. Whether this issue affects you or not, it has taken many pages of press coverage and the cost of billable law hours must be enormous.

Corporate Shape-Shifting: Is its End Near?
Source:

At a time when corporations resemble lawless gangs, bringing them to justice for felony and capital crimes has been all but impossible.

Coming Clean on 'AquaFib'
Source: Fast Company

The No. 1 bottled water in the country, Pepsico's Aquafina, is re-purified municipal drinking water.

Wal Mart stops donating to gay-rights groups - Jun. 22, 2007
Source: CNN

Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has decided to curb its support of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) organizations after conservative Christian groups threatened a boycott, and after some of its own employees expressed disapproval.Yet Another reason to not sho …

Canon Tops List of Climate-Friendly Companies
Source: ENN

Who knew Canon was so green? (market that!) Canon Electronics, Nike, and food and consumer goods giant Unilever topped a list rating climate-friendly companies released Tuesday. Several tech companies, including Dell, Sony, and HP scored in double digits on the survey.

Google Teams Up With °Climate Group for Carbon Offsets (TreeHugger)
Source: TreeHugger

Boy, howdy, Google's Greening is sure getting up a head of steam. Their endeavours are coming thick and fast these days. In just the past few weeks alone, we've reported on CAD, servers and cars.

Audeamus - How dare we...: The Public's Right to Know
Source: audeamus.com

Between the press being censored by the government, and so-called news on the television being flooded with fake news, there really isn't anywhere to turn - except the blogosphere.

Emergence of corporate responsibility
Source: thehindubusinessline.com

interesting insights into the emergence of the corporate social responsibility culture.

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