Saisie par un salarié d'un supermarché Wal-Mart au Mexique, la Cour supràªme de ce pays a dénoncé, jeudi 4 septembre, les pratiques de la chaà®ne américaine. La plus haute juridiction mexicaine a annulé une convention établie au sein de Wal-Mart…
Microsoft's "green" initiatives have generated quite a bit of buzz lately. What does this mean for Microsoft employees? Francois Ajenstat, Director of Environmental Sustainability here at Microsoft, stopped by JobsBlog to answer a few of my questions. Who are the…
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the sixth consecutive year, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) has achieved a 100 percent score in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The Corporate Equality Index 2009, which was released today, rated…
At times it feels the Democratic Convention operates a little bit like a big events company. Witness for instance, the press release they sent out on August 14, announcing the fact that Coca-Cola has been "Named Official Recycling Provider of…
Always low-price Wal-Mart is also always low wage, low benefits and low ethics when it comes to its workers, here and abroad.The company that insiders claim encouraged employees to seek taxpayer-funded health care for the poor now is accused of…
Ministers mounted a secret campaign to persuade huge British firms to adopt "an ethical approach" to their investments in Zimbabwe, amid concerns that some could be "silently complicit" in Robert Mugabe's reign of terror, documents obtained by The Independent on…
Forty-nine babies have died in drug tests at one of India’s top hospitals, raising concerns that ethical standards are being compromised as the country becomes the world’s leading destination for clinical trials.The deaths occurred over a period of 30 months…
Toyota Motor Europe is one of the six companies to join CN Net today, a web-based network which impresses upon governments, local authorities, private companies and individuals to make large carbon cuts. "The participation of a major company like Toyota…
Greenbang likes the odd tipple (not before lunchtime, mind) so it’s pleased to see that drinks giant Diageo, which makes the likes of Guinness, Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Tanqueray, is to build a £65m state-of-the-art bioenergy facility at Cameronbridge in…
Environmentally-conscious investors considering Brazilian property could be interested to hear state-oil firm Petrobras is calling on the general public to help it spend $309 million (£154 million) on the environment, it has been reported.The company wants to use the money…
