Human Resources
The Ethics of Reality in the Workplace
Daneen Skube
How do you recommend people handle ethics in the workplace? I have a strong sense of right and wrong and get pretty upset about how often people lie, or behave badly. How can I best communicate my values at work?
Tips for Dealing With Age Discrimination
Emily Brandon
Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, it's illegal to discriminate against anyone age 40 or older in the workplace with regard to hiring, layoffs, promotions, pay, and benefits. Here's what you should do if you think age is playing a role in your workplace woes
Kindness and Corporations: Sensitivity Does Have a Place in the Workplace
Judith Sills, Ph.D., Psychology Today
You could argue that the milk of human kindness is pretty much curdled at the office when it stirs images of weakness, naivete, self-promotion, or self-defense. All the downsides notwithstanding, there is a strong current of kindness stubbornly running through some workplaces. And where it flows, people smile more. They work harder, too.
UK: Sustainable palm oil ads banned for the second time
A magazine advert that promoted the sustainability of Malaysian palm oil has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog for untruthful claims. (3 Nov 2009)
Peru: Firm accused of torture is hit by armed attack
British mining firm Monterrico Metals has said that gunmen have attacked its copper mine leaving at least two of its workers dead. The company is currently the subject of legal action accusing it of complicity in the torture and killing of protestors. (3 Nov 2009)
Are global CSR leaders failing to use the web effectively?
A new report has suggested that global leaders in sustainability are failing to make the most of the potential of the web for their CSR reporting and general communications. It names ENI as the global leader that does the best. Many points are criticised across the board for not being up to scratch. (2 Nov 2009)
US: BP challenges record fine for explosions in Texas
Oil giant BP has said that it will challenge a record fine of over $87m levied for failing to correct problems that led to the explosion in 2005 that killed 15 workers. (30 Oct 2009)
Jamaica: Company sues government over import block on mace
Future Services International is suing the Jamaican government for blocking the import of mace for pepper spray to help protect its employees against violent crime. (28 Oct 2009)
US: Anheuser-Busch savaged for unequal pay by former head of PR
The brewer of beers such as Budweiser, Anheuser-Busch, is being sued by a former top executive for sex discrimination. According to the suit, the company encouraged a "frat party" corporate atmosphere, and maintained serious gender disparities in pay. (28 Oct 2009)
US: Smart choices food label collapses
The Smart Choices food label, which numbered amongst its advocates companies such as Unilever, Kellog and Kraft, has been halted following controversy over whether it set the bar too low on how it rated foods. (27 Oct 2009)
Zimbabwe: Nestle to stop buying milk from Mugabe family
Nestle has said that it will no longer buy milk from a farm that was siezed from white farmers which is now owned by the wife of Robert Mugabe. (2 Oct 2009)
How do we know whether our economy is healthy or sick?
Is it time for a radical rethink on how we measure what is right with the economy? The measures that currently tell us we're in recession may not be the right measures at all. (28 Sep 2009)
Australia: Jetstar rejects Burma accusations
Jetstar has said that attacks by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) over the airline's flights to Burma, are wide of the mark. It said that the service provided a valuable support to the ordinary people of the country, and denied that funds from the flights ends up in the hands of the military. (28 Sep 2009)
UK: AMC to avoid buying from Congo over conflict fears
British metals firm AMC has said that it will no longer buy tin ore from the Democratic Republic of Congo because it is worried that revenues are going directly towards supporting fighting and human rights abuses. (28 Sep 2009)
US: Utility PG&E withdraws from Chamber of Commerce over climate change
Pacific Gas and Electric, the California-based utility, has pulled its membership of the US Chamber of Commerce over the chamber's sceptical line on global warming. The chairman Peter A. Darbee said: "We find it dismaying that the chamber neglects the indisputable fact that a decisive majority of experts have said that the data on global warming are compelling and point to a threat that cannot be ignored". (23 Sep 2009)
Aviation industry pledges 50 percent cuts in emissions
Airlines have agreed that they will aim to cut emissions of greenhouse gases to 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2050. The move, which aims to pre-empt unfavourable attention at the Copenhagen summit in December, is the most radical vision to date of the future of air travel. (22 Sep 2009)
Ivory Coast: Trafigura offers to settle with toxic waste victims
Trafigura, the company at the centre of a toxic waste scandal in the Ivory Coast, has offered the 30,000 people affected by the dumping a payment of 1,000 UK pounds each as compensation. (19 Sep 2009)
UK: Doctors call for ban on alcohol advertising
The main doctors' association has called for a ban on all alcohol advertising, including sponsorships, along with an end to cut-price promotions in supermarkets. The British Medical Association said that the measure was necessary to tackle rising levels of consumption that have made alcohol a leading cause of early death. (8 Sep 2009)
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