Reduction of Family-Friendly Job Benefits Hurts Working Women Most
Bonnie Erbe

Family-friendly workplace benefits (flex time, job sharing, telecommuting, and so on) were on the rise before the recession of 2008 took hold. I've been wondering recently how bad a whacking this category of benefits has taken.

Breaking the Corporate Glass Ceilings
Dan Gilgoff

With an African-American serving as the nation's chief executive, a woman heading the State Department, and a Latina settling into a new job on the Supreme Court, are there any glass ceilings left for minorities and women aspiring to leadership positions?

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.

China: Row over World Cup sweatshop accusations
Shanghai Fashion Plastic Products has protested after it had its contract withdrawn for work being carried out in relation to the 2010 football World Cup, to be held in South Africa. The company has denied accusations that it exploited workers making the mascot for the games. (11 Mar 2010)

US: GlaxoSmithKline could face $6bn risk over diabetes drug Avandia
Following biting criticism of its conduct by the Senate finance committee, GlaxoSmithKline is facing a possible flood of lawsuits - as many as 13,000 - with a potential combined liability of $6bn. (6 Mar 2010)

Bangladesh: 21 people killed in factory fire
21 workers died and 50 were hurt when a factory owned by Garib & Garib caught fire. The site at Gazipur saw workers trapped by the blaze, which took eleven fire engines several hours to bring under control. (2 Mar 2010)

Uganda: Tullow Oil controversially get licence to flare gas
Tullow Oil has reached agreement with the Ugandan government that it will be allowed to flare gas at its operations in the country - a process that would release large quantities of greenhouse gases, according to an NGO report. (17 Feb 2010)

US: Key companies quit climate change coalition
BP, Caterpillar and ConocoPhillips have said that they are to pull membership of the Climate Action Partnership - the group of companies that had been supporting President Obama's climate change legislation agenda. The companies said they would devote resources to furthering their business interests in other ways. (17 Feb 2010)

Why even some of the best companies fail to keep cool in a crisis
Next month, Ethical Corporation will be holding its conference on managing social and environmental risk. It includes a session that focuses on keeping cool in a crisis - what to do when it all goes wrong. Although the event is primarily aimed at the heavy industries, you can't help but feel that Toyota could benefit from booking a couple of places. (16 Feb 2010)

UK: Alcohol health labelling may become compulsory
The drinks industry may be required to add health warnings to alcoholic drinks according to proposals published by the government, after it was revealed that only a minority of drinks currently carry approved voluntary labelling. (15 Feb 2010)

Australia: Google refuses government request to censor videos
Google has refused to block access to videos that fall foul of the Australian government's 'refused classification' category, arguing that to do so would mean the removal of a number of harmless pieces that are considered to be politically controversial. (11 Feb 2010)

Zambia: Chinese companies accused of creating 'slave labour' conditions
The leader of Zambia's main opposition party, Michael Sata, has said that Chinese and other Asian mining companies are showing almost no consideration for worker safety or local culture. Mr Sata - who may become the new president in elections in 2011 - attacked current government policies that give special tax status to foreign investors. (25 Jan 2010)

Four factors that create irresponsible businesses
It's possible that people become leaders of major businesses with the full intention of earning money in the most unethical, disreputable way possible. But more likely, they don't. Companies end up doing the wrong things for a variety of reasons - none of which necessarily begin with evil intent. (25 Jan 2010)

Japan: Court finds tobacco company not liable for illnesses
Japan Tobacco has been cleared of liability for the illnesses of three former smokers by the Yokohama District Court. The suit said that health problems, including lung cancer, had been caused by smoking and the company had continued to sell cigarettes despite its knowledge of the harmful effects. (21 Jan 2010)

UK: GlaxoSmithKline targets low cost vaccine for malaria
GlaxoSmithKline has said that it will aim to keep prices for its planned malaria vaccine low - taking only a five percent profit on manufacturing costs - in order to make it available to poor communities where it is needed. The company has also put into the public domain thousands of potential drugs that might help spark future non-profit research into the disease. (21 Jan 2010)

UK mining groups failing to reduce deaths
The leading UK-listed mining companies are failing to make inroads in their attempts to reduce deaths at their sites, according to a recent survey by the Financial Times. With the exception of Anglo American, which has made progress, the number of fatalities has remained at 2004 levels. (18 Jan 2010)

Is it time to change the ownership of our best companies?
It is completely impossible to prove that a commitment to corporate social responsibility has any effect whatsoever to a company's share price. I wish we would agree that, and move on to more interesting territory. (12 Jan 2010)

South Africa: Apartheid case against companies divides opinion
A US court has been hearing an appeal by a number of companies, including IBM, Daimler and General Motors, to dismiss a suit that seeks damages from them for their role in South Africa during the time of Apartheid. The appeal argues that the US court has no jurisdiction over the matter, and companies could not be held responsible for the actions of the then South African government. (12 Jan 2010)

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Profile: Dean Shoesmith, joint executive head of HR, London Boroughs of Sutton and Merton
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Unemployment figures: Slow going
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