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11/13/2008
Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging
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What's behind the rise in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's? Lifetime exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment such as fossil fuel pollution, as it turns out. This according to a new report from the Science and Environmental Health Network and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. 
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11/10/2008
Building a Local Sustainable Economy that Works for All
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As icecaps and global markets melt down, localism is rising up as a solution to our ecological and economic crises. United for a Fair Economy and Class Action, two national nonprofits based in Massachusetts that address the inequitable distribution of resources, are sponsoring a workshop
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10/30/2008
Joe Romm Compares Presidential Platforms on Environment and Energy
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We reported last week that Barack Obama will regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act if elected. Not so for John McCain. Today writer and scientist Joseph Romm wrote on his blog Climate Progess, that a McCain-Palin administration would use a
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10/23/2008
Hazel Henderson on the Post-Wall Street Shift from a Global Casino to a Sustainable Economy
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You could see the global market meltdown coming a mile away, according to futurist Hazel Henderson of Ethical Markets. She's been identifying fatal flaws in the global economy, and sustainable alternatives, for three decades. Her most recent commentary on CSRwire critiques the "fractional reserve banking
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10/19/2008
Lester Brown’s Plan B 3.0 for Mobilizing to Save Civilization
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Plan A -- the business-as-usual, free-market, capitalist economy -- is clearly breaking down, causing meltdowns of global markets AND polar icecaps. Time for Plan B. That's the title of the book by Earth Policy Institute Founding President Lester Brown, published five years ago. In it,
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10/19/2008
Envisioning the Future of Sustainability
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It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future. Yogi Berra said that. He also said, the future ain't what it used to be. For Glen Hiemstra, the future holds the key to current planning. The founder of the website futurist.com, Hiemstra consults for businesses
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10/06/2008
Does the free market corrode moral character?
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The John Templeton Foundation has placed online this outstanding symposium on the question, "Does the free market corrode moral character?" The answers take the form of short, readable essays by a dozen or so very sharp minds (including philosopher Michael Walzer, economist Tyler Cowen, and
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10/04/2008
David Cay Johnston on the Bank Bailout as Corporate Socialism
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The meltdown on Wall Street has many people asking, how come the government can find hundreds of billions to bailout the guys who brought us this mess--but always claims there's no money to save homeowners from foreclosure, provide health insurance to those who can't afford
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09/29/2008
Slick new ‘green’ PC from HP demonstrates CSER at its best
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New PC from HP shows why green thinking is good for business as Amy Fetzer discovers
HP’s slick new TouchSmart PC doesn’t look green with its sleek touch screen technology designed to tempt style-conscious consumers looking for cutting-edge gadgets. Yet under its shiny black casing, the
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09/26/2008
Economists on the U.S. Financial Crisis, and Bailout
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Is Wall Street unethical, or just foolish? I mean that in general, not referring to any particular trader or firm. Clearly, there are ethical & unethical firms and traders, as well as smart and foolish ones. But from a business ethics point of view, the
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Businesses & Consultants
09/29/2008
Slick new ‘green’ PC from HP demonstrates CSER at its best
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NGOs
11/13/2008
Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging
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New PC from HP shows why green thinking is good for business as Amy Fetzer discovers
HP’s slick new TouchSmart PC doesn’t look green with its sleek touch screen technology designed to tempt style-conscious consumers looking for cutting-edge gadgets. Yet under
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What's behind the rise in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's? Lifetime exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment such as fossil fuel pollution, as it turns out. This according to a new report from the Science and Environmental Health Network and Greater
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Research Institutes
09/17/2008
Call for Applications: Transatlantic Doctoral Academy on Corporate Responsibility
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Business Councils
07/22/2008
How aware do you live your life?
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Seminar series for German and Canadian PhD students working on corporate responsibility/ business ethics. Study stipends available.
Background
Corporate responsibility has become a crucial issue in modern societies and an emerging field in social sciences and humanities. Due to an ongoing
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A fashion company on the search for the visual language of Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability.
By Florian Michl
Trends tend to crop up everywhere, but nowhere near as much as in the world of fashion. Here the latest one
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Journals
11/03/2008
New issues of Journal of Business Ethics (volume 83, number 1-3)
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Events
10/22/2008
5TH ANNUAL FAMILY ENTERPRISE RESEARCH CONFERENCE (FERC)
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The recent issues of the Journal of Business Ethics (volume 83, number 1-3) contain:
Ripped from the Headlines: What can the Popular Press Teach us about Software Piracy?, by Zamoon, S. and Curley, S. , in: Journal of Business Ethics, volume
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APRIL 24-26, 2009
Hotel Fort Garry
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Co-Hosts:
Reg Litz, University of Manitoba (Conference Chair) Allison Pearson, Mississippi State University (Program Chair)
Conference Theme:
“Rethinking Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Sustainability and Stakeholder Management: Does Family Make a Difference?”
Confirmed Keynote Speakers:
Kenneth Goodpaster, St.
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 German News
11/19/2008
CSR - Schmückendes Beiwerk oder Business Case?
Braunschweig > Die aktuellen Entwicklungen an den Finanzmärkten und deren Auswirkungen auf die so genannte Realwirtschaft sorgen für Misstrauen und Unsicherheit. Gerade jetzt wird erkennbar, ob ein Unternehmen CSR als Teil der Unternehmensphilosophie versteht und auch in der Krise nicht darauf verzichtet. Das betont Friedrich Jordan, dessen Arbeit unter dem 
11/19/2008
Unterrichtsmaterial zum Thema CSR erschienen
Wiesbaden > Die Materialmappe "MitVerantwortung" richtet sich an Lehrerinnen und Lehrer in der Berufsschule und regt Auszubildende dazu an, sich mit dem Thema CSR auseinanderzusetzen. Entwickelt wurde das Unterrichtsmaterial von der Stiftung Jugend und Bildung, mit Förderung des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz. Auf der Internetseite www.jugend-und-bildung.de/mitverantwortung steht weiteres
11/18/2008
Greenpeace eröffnet erstes Büro in Afrika
Johannesburg > Greenpeace hat in der letzten Woche das erste Büro im südafrikanischen Johannesburg eröffnet. Die Arbeit wird sich hier auf die drei größten Umweltprobleme des Kontinents konzentrieren: den Klimawandel, die Abholzung der letzten großen Urwälder und die Überfischung der Ozeane. Obwohl der afrikanische Kontinent bis heute nur sehr wenig
11/18/2008
CSR braucht Nachfrage - RNE-Jahreskonferenz mit Rekordbesuch
Berlin > Über 1000 Besucher verzeichnete die 8. Jahreskonferenz des Rates für Nachhaltige Entwicklung unter dem Motto "Zukunft verantworten!" gestern in Berlin. Bundeskanzlerin Merkel sprach über Inhalte des aktuellen Fortschrittsberichts zur nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie; Unternehmer, Politiker, Wissenschaftler und Multiplikatoren sprachen über die Umsetzungen nachhaltiger Verantwortung und Nichtregierungsorganisationen stellten beispielhafte Projekte vor.
"Wäre
11/17/2008
Utopia: Gemeinsam die Welt verändern?
Berlin > Utopia, Internetplattform und Netzwerk sowie Stiftung für strategischen Konsum und nachhaltigen Lebensstil, lud mehrere hundert ausgewählte Persönlichkeiten am 15. November nach Berlin zur “Change-Maker”- Konferenz mit anschließender Preisverleihung ein. Prominente Wissenschaftler, Unternehmensvertreter, Lehrer, Aktivisten und Berater stellten ihre Erkenntnisse über Klimawandel, Konsumverhalten und Lösungen zur globalen Rettung unseres
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French News
10/21/2008
Séminaire International ‘Entreprises et Droits de l’Homme’
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.
Cette manifestation constituera une opportunité internationale majeure pour
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