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Boycott Action News
Co-op America's "tell it like it is" information about corporations that need to be made more accountable.
http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/boycot...
Airline On-Time Statistics
U.S. Bureau of Transportation figures on airline's tardinesses.
http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_inform...
Profit vs. Social Responsibility
Cyber College asks students to calculate the costs / benefits of socially responsible business decisions.
http://www.cybercollege.com/profits.htm
What is the OECD?
Paper on overarching issues affecting corporate accountability. Discusses the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/articles/oecd...
Corporate America: The Land of the Greed
Personal commentary by Evan Stair on the effects of corporate values on small town life.
http://www.goinside.com/98/8/greed.html
Australian Ethical & Green Shareholders' Groups
Descriptions and contact information for several Australian nonprofits whose aims are to make corporations accountable.
http://www.ethical.shares.green.net.au
CERES Principles
Formerly the Valdez Principles, the CERES Principles for environmentally sound business practices were drafted by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies.
http://www.ceres.org/
Fair Labor Association
Works with major corporations to improve human rights through agreements with clothing retailers to set minimum anti-sweatshop standards.
http://www.fairlabor.org/
Business in the Community
A movement of businesses committed to continually improving their positive impact on society through corporate social responsibility.
http://www.bitc.org.uk
CensorShip Kills
Anti-Corporate advertisers and underwriters. Supports competition to them by citizen-based Low Power FM radio stations.
http://members.aol.com/deathurbia/censorsh...
Max Havelaar Switzerland
Swiss firm promoting and enabling fair trade actions.
http://www.maxhavelaar.ch
CSR Europe
European business reference point for social responsibility issues. Includes case studies, publications, current activities and databank search.
http://www.csreurope.org
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.
http://www.bsr.org/
Corporate Social Accountability Handbook
An unofficial international standard for social accountability initiated by CEPAA (now Social Accountability International) and provided by Ellipson Ltd, a consulting service linked with sustainability. [Document is 17 pages in size]
http://www.ellipson.com/files/ebooks/CSAM_...
Corporate Accountability Project
Researching Corporations section provides links to numerous resources to investigate publicly traded corporations.
http://www.corporations.org/research.html
Ethical Performance
Newsletter for professionals concerned with corporate social responsibility or for investors. Covers Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific regions.
http://www.ethicalperformance.com/
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 free registration.
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/21/business...
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.
http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1998/issue2/clark...
C-SPAN: Corporate Accountability
Highlights recent video and news pertaining to accounting reform, SEC and FTC actions and Congressional oversight, and related issues.
http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Cur...
Watered Stock Pyramid Analysis
Links to articles by Bill Parish about Citicorp, Cisco Systems and Microsoft printing stock with abandon.
http://www.billparish.com/journalists.html
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.
http://members.aol.com/skettler/wmresol1.h...
Hands-On Corporate Research Guide
Step-by-step interactive guide to researching corporations on the Internet.
http://corpwatch.org/article.php?id=945
Adbusters Organization
Creative, counter revolution in progress in Canada but about the world. Visual activism about corporate operations.
http://www.adbusters.org/main/index.html
The MacBride Principles
Principles of conduct for firms doing business in Northern Ireland.
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/macbrid...
Better Business Bureau of Mainland British Columbia
Serves all of British Columbia except Vancouver Island, the Peace River District and the Columbia Valley. Company reports, program and service information, buyer tips, and popular business scams.
http://www.bbbvan.org/
Corporate Governance
Facilitates the movement to enhance wealth creation by transforming corporations into more democratic entities through shareholder activism and empowering boards of directors.
http://www.corpgov.net/
Essential Action
Site for alerting and organizing efforts in corporate accountability.
http://www.essentialaction.org/
European Corporate Governance Institute
Non-Profit Network for European and Comparative Corporate Governance Issues.
http://www.ecgi.org/
As You Sow
Organization promoting corporate accountability - holding corporations accountable for complying with consumer, workplace and environmental laws.
http://www.asyousow.org
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.
http://www.loka.org/pages/lokainfo.htm
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.
http://inpeg.ecn.cz/
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.
http://www.licenseenews.com/
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."
http://www.corpgov.net/forums/commentary/e...
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.
http://www.laborrights.org/
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.
http://www.essentialaction.org/anti-scoffl...
International Corporate Environmental Reports
Corporate Accountability vis a vis the environment. English link, site name, Milieujaarverslagen.
http://www.enviroreporting.com/
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