Ethical Insights - Worker well-being: a right or a privilege?
Wellbeing is seen as an important part of a flourishing society. It is associated with feeling happy, healthy and valued. But what does this mean for workers in global supply chains? How much does...
View ArticleBusiness & Human Rights: Turkish Law & Practice in light of the International...
Businesses may harm the human rights of their employees, the communities living around their business plants and even the larger population living in the countries of their operation. For instance,...
View ArticlePerú: La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos amplía las medidas...
“La CIDH pide a Perú proteger a otras 14 personas afectadas por contaminación en La Oroya “ …La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) solicitó al Estado peruano proteger la vida e...
View ArticleMéxico: Comunidades indígenas se oponen al gasoducto de Sempra Energy en...
Algunas comunidades indígenas yaquis de Sonora se han opuesto al proyecto de un gasoducto a cargo de Sempra Energy que atraviesa su territorio. El Centro de Información sobre Empresas y Derechos...
View Article百度整改，当破除“惟利是图”
国家网信办会同国家工商总局等组成的联合调查组认定，百度搜索相关关键词竞价排名结果客观上对魏则西选择就医产生了影响，百度竞价排名机制存在付费竞价权重过高、商业推广标识不清等问题，影响了搜索结果的公正性和客观性，容易误导网民，必须立即整改。调查组要求百度立即全面清理整顿医疗类等事关人民群众生命健康安全的商业推广服务，改变竞价排名机制。这是给公众的及时交代，更是百度整改的最佳契机…...
View ArticleChina: Student with cancer died after receiving unqualified treatment led by...
Wei Zexi was a 21-year-old college student diagnosed with cancer. The Baidu (百度) search led Wei to treatment at the Second Hospital of Beijing Armed Police Corps, which turned out to be unsuccessful....
View ArticleBusiness and Human Rights in China: Impact Investing Revisited - Insights...
"Business and Human Rights in China: Impact Investing Revisited", 20 Apr 2016 …Where does ethical investing fit in the nexus of business and human rights? “Ethical investing”…is becoming increasingly...
View ArticleMyanmar: After renewed protests at Letpadaung mine, China says companies are...
"China has consistently demanded its companies operating abroad respect local laws, China's Foreign Ministry said…after hundreds of villagers in Myanmar protested against the resumption of operations...
View ArticleChina: Labour arbitration panel rejects complaint of transgender employee...
"Chinese man loses in country's 1st transgender labor dispute", 10 May 2016 A Chinese transgender man said he was disappointed but will continue to fight for equality after a labor arbitration panel on...
View ArticleCitizens take companies & govts. to court over climate change impacts
"In Novel Tactic on Climate Change, Citizens Sue Their Governments", 10 May 2016 Global warming is already disrupting the planet's weather. Now it is having an impact on the courts, as well, as adults...
View ArticlePrivate sector, govts. & NGOs need to work together to implement UN...
"The private sector must be seen as an engine of development, not its enemy", 9 May 2016 …The private sector better understands the sensitivities of NGOs, and NGOs increasingly realise that the private...
View ArticleEtats-Unis : La faillite de Peabody suscite des inquiétudes sur sa capacité à...
« Faillite de Peabody : la crainte d'un désastre environnemental », 9 mai 2016 Le numéro un américain du charbon, endetté à hauteur de 10 milliards de dollars, a déposé le bilan le 13 avril. Il s’agit...
View ArticleRép. dém. du Congo: Freeport-McMoran vend à China Molybdenum ses parts dans...
"RDC: China Molybdenum rachète Tenke Fungurume à 2,65 milliards USD", 10 mai 2016 Le groupe américain Freeport-McMoran, jusque-là actionnaire majoritaire dans la société minière Tenke Fungurume Mining...
View ArticleGuinée: Les autorités ferment une usine de ciment pour cause de pollution grave
"Environnement : l’usine ‘’Ciments de Guinée’’ fermée pour pollution aggravée", 10 mai 2016 L’usine ‘’Ciments de Guinée’’ a été fermée...par la ministre de l’Environnement et des Eaux et Forêts,...
View ArticleUSA: Sempra Energy accused of delay in reporting gas leak that drove...
A methane leak was detected at a natural gas well and storage facility in northern Los Angeles County, California, owned by SoCalGas (part of Sempra Energy) in October 2015, requiring the evacuation...
View ArticleOECD conflict minerals guidance: Implementation & reporting by companies,...
"Human Rights Groups at OECD: Need for Mandatory Due Diligence on Minerals", 10 May 2016 ...[The OECD] Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and...
View ArticleUSA: Civil liberties group challenges New York law excluding farmworkers from...
"Lawsuit Challenges Shameful Exclusion of Farmworkers from Right to Organize", 10 May 2016 Farmworkers are excluded from the critical protection of the right to organize without fear of retaliation...
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