- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
pop
The site includes links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, academics, etc. Library covering thousands of companies. E-mail update and custom alert services available.
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Campaign to Ban Landmines
pop
Human Rights Watch update (March, 1999) on the continued use of land mines encouraged by President Clinton and midwest defense firm.
http://www.hrw.org/hrw/campaigns/mines/1999/mine-campaigns.htm
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Center for Global Ethics
pop
Dialogue among representatives of all major religious groups plus global business code of ethics.
http://astro.temple.edu/~dialogue/geth.htm
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Corporate Predators
pop
Corporate Predators: The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy. This book by by Mokhiber and Weissman details corporate operations that threaten human rights and relations.
http://www.corporatepredators.org
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Do Corporate Operations Prey?
pop
Corporate Predators web site, article on "The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy."
http://www.corporatepredators.org/contents.html
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Expose of The Bilderberg Club
pop
"...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it." - David Rockefeller
http://www.bilderberg.org/index.htm
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Fair Trade Federation
pop
Association of businesses, including retailers, committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged.
http://www.fairtradefederation.org/
(Added: Mon Apr 03 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Students for Informed Career Decisions
pop
Provides information sheets on the environmental and labor practices of corporations that recruit on college campuses - including Disney, which is embroiled in a labor controversy.
http://www.stanford.edu/group/SICD/
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- The One and Only Anti-Music Industry Website
pop
Analyzes, examines, and exposes what it calls "the tasteless and evil practices of the music industry".
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/antimusicindustry/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Child Slave Labor News
Immaculata High School students newspaper on line. This page is about Saipan sweatshops and U.S. firms profiting from that.
http://ihscslnews.org/
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- CueJack
Free subversive software for the CueCat home barcode scanner, designed to dig up any dirt on the manufacturer/seller using the DC database and Google.
http://rtmark.com/cuehack/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Democracy Watch
An independent, non-profit, non-partisan Canadian citizen advocacy organization seeking to empower Canadians as voters, citizens, taxpayers, and consumers.
http://www.dwatch.ca/
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- ENDespair Project
To Transform the "World of Work" by an informal, expanding coalition of citizens concerned about what's happening in the business world.
http://www.endespair.com/
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Foreign Policy and Corporate Operations
Research paper on U.S. policy in Asian Pacific Econ Cooperative: Does (1) US promotes an economic model that downplays human rights and sustainable development. (2) U.S. policy has focused on enhancing U.S. corporate interests rather than addressing the social and ecological costs of the current economic crisis?
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n35apec.html
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- iMedia Connection: How's Your Reputation?
Article suggests that actively managing what search engines say about your business can head off costly attacks.
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/3268.asp
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Military-Industrial Complex Revisited
Asks if there are certain corporate operations inextricably connected with what U.S. President Eisenhower called "The Military-Industrial Complex".
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/papers/micr/
(Added: Thu Apr 06 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Multinational Monitor On-Line
Publication with investigative reporting and commentary critical of corporate economy.
http://multinationalmonitor.org/
(Added: Sun Apr 02 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Multinationals and Mother Earth
Do global capital flows inherently challenge the environment? White paper on corporate operations, as they affect the environment today.
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n22env.html
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- RAFI: Rural Advancement Foundation
Canada based nonprofit, activist group's site. Their goals are conservation and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity; socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies. RAFI does not "pull its punches" on its white papers.
http://www.rafi.org
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Robert A. G. Monks
This former corporate insider and former Maine-based U.S. Congressman has written several insightful looks at how corporations' operations may be inherently destructive to the environment, human beings, and our rights with ideas on improving the situation.
http://www.ragm.com/
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Socially Responsible Investment Coalition
Aimed toward increasing corporate accountability through education and action alerts.
http://www.flash.net/~sric/index.htm
(Added: Wed Apr 05 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Students against Lethality
Subscription page of Students for Change, permits networking with other activists on businesses affecting Human Rights.
http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/studentsforchange
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- The Cluetrain Manifesto
A strongly reasoned plea for corporate communicators to speak with a human voice.
http://www.cluetrain.com
(Added: Fri Apr 07 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- The Fairtrade Foundation
Seeks to tackle the exploitation of workers in developing countries by giving consumers the opportunity to buy products that guarantee a better deal to producers. Site includes information resources and a report on coffee farmers and international trade.
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/
(Added: Sun Apr 09 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
- Transparency International
International coalition against corruption in international business transactions and seeking increased government accountability.
http://www.transparency.de/
(Added: Mon Apr 10 2006 Rating: 0.00 Votes: 0)
Rate It
Review It
