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In June, the Century Foundation and the The New York Times Foundation invited Corporate Watchdog Radio to a seminar for a select handful of journalists on "Billionaires and Their Impact." There, CWR co-host Francesca Rheannon heard Chuck Collins speak on a panel about 
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The Democratic party has shied away from linking clean energy, the economy, and the environment since Jimmy Carter's 1977 Energy Policy. But the political winds are changing. At Tuesday evening's Democratic National Convention, almost all of the speakers hit on the theme of
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„Die Moralisierung der Märkte – Neue ohnMacht des Konsumenten“ - so lautet das Thema der diesjährigen Bayreuther Dialoge.
Halten Sie sich den 24. und 25. Oktober frei, um wieder an interessanten Gesprächen während der Bayreuther Dialoge teilzuhaben.
Wie im letzten Jahr bereichern namhafte Persönlichkeiten
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Guest Editor: Wim Vandekerckhove – Ghent University, Belgium
R. Edward Freeman will contribute to the special issue with a ‘reply to his critics’.
In 1984, R. Edward Freeman published Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach. While the term ‘stakeholder’ was then hardly used, it
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Nous avons le plaisir d’annoncer l’ouverture des inscriptions pour le Séminaire International ‘Entreprises et Droits de l’Homme’, qui se tiendra le 4 et 5 décembre 2008, à Paris, France, pour célébrer le 60e Anniversaire de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme.
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The registration is now open for the International Seminar on Business and Human Rights which will take place on 4 & 5 December 2008 in Paris, France to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This will be a
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Ziehen wir auf der Suche nach dem Traumjob wie Nomaden durch die Republik oder begnügen wir uns dem eigenen Partner zuliebe mit einer weniger attraktiven Alternative? Verschieben wir die Familiengründung der Karriere wegen oder gelingt uns der Drahtseilakt zwischen Arbeit und Leben? Welche
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Climate change, racial discrimination, and economic recession may seem impossible to solve. But building a green economy could do the trick. The beauty of the green economy is that it could tackle all these problems at the same time. But only if labor
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The World Bank Group's mission is to reduce poverty. The Bank also works toward environmental sustainability. What's the link between them, and does its practice on the ground promote both priorities? That's the question posed by the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group or
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Dean Cycon has long believed in using business to promote social justice, and Fair Trade is his bailiwick. As founder and CEO of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee, he's helped small coffee farmers around the world get a fairer price for their product. From
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Every five minutes, another American dies from taking their prescription medicine – as prescribed. Kids as young as preschoolers are taking powerful prescription drugs, like Ritalin and antipsychotics, whose safety has never been tested in children. And doctors are on the take, feted
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Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said, "Sunshine is the best disinfectant." Shareholder activists have long promoted transparency in corporate reporting. Now, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) acknowledges its rules governing company disclosures aren't good enough. So FASB is proposing new rules.
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Herausgegeben von Thomas Beschorner, Matthias Schmidt, Kristin Vorbohle und Christoph Schank
Es ist schon erstaunlich, wie man sich in den letzten Jahren auf Unternehmen eingeschossen hat und Verantwortung von ihnen fordert. Sei es durch NGOs, wissenschaftliche Expertenkreise oder in öffentlichen Medien. Das vorliegende Buch
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Ottawa, July 9 — Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is directly linked to a firm’s future and needs to be elevated to the board level as a governance issue. A new Conference Board of Canada report introduces a “CSR Governance Road Map” to help
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When it comes to renewable energy, wind is taking the lead--at least at this stage of technological development. But what's the best model for developing it? Should we follow the centralized utility model with big wind farms set up in a few places
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Each generation reinvents the world inherited from the previous generation. A new generation is inheriting a wounded planet and a dysfunctional economy. Youthful energy seeks to heal our world and revitalize our economy using new strategies and adapting existing tools. Today, we focus
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Utilities and coal companies are pushing to open over a hundred new coal-fired power plants in the US. But activists, investors, communities, consumers, and scientists are pointing to financial, regulatory, environmental, and social risks that far outweigh the potential benefits of coal. And
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Paris, France – June 26th, 2008 - Intertek, the leading global provider of certification, Corporate Social Responsibility, quality and safety services to a wide range of global and local industries, today announced that OpenSRI has launched the first collaborative web platform
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Today, the Word Environment Day, Im))pactus launches a new edition, focusing on Biodiversity, Companies & Banks. The 11th edition on the first Portuguese magazine on corporate sustainability is already out and available in English for free download at www.impacuts.org.
Be aware of the trends,
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17 – 19 September 2008
Bologna Univerrsity – Rimini Campus
ITALY
THE CONFERENCE
In September 2008 the Italian Conference on Social and Environmental
Accounting Research will be held in Rimini. CSEAR 2008 will be hosted by the Faculty of
Economics, Bologna University, Rimini Campus.
The Conference’s plenary speakers will include:
Professor
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