- As You Sow - http://www.asyousow.org
Organization promoting corporate accountability - holding corporations accountable for complying with consumer, workplace and environmental laws.
- CERES Principles - http://www.ceres.org/
Formerly the Valdez Principles, the CERES Principles for environmentally sound business practices were drafted by the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies.
- Anti-Scofflaw Regulation - http://www.essentialaction.org/anti-scofflaw
This proposal would prevent the federal government from entering into contracts with companies that are chronic violators of consumer, environmental, labor, tax, antitrust and employment laws.
- Corporate Accountability Project - http://www.corporations.org/research.html
Researching Corporations section provides links to numerous resources to investigate publicly traded corporations.
- Essential Action - http://www.essentialaction.org/
Site for alerting and organizing efforts in corporate accountability.
- The International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) - http://www.laborrights.org/
ILRF, founded in 1986, is a nonprofit action and advocacy organization focused on human rights necessary for life and dignity Excellent information but graphics and frames may not load well.
- Loka Institute - http://www.loka.org/pages/lokainfo.htm
Begun in 1987, enables information and organizing about worldwide concerns with science, technology and society. Genetic engineering by corporations, for example, has been a focus here.
- Profit vs. Social Responsibility - http://www.cybercollege.com/profits.htm
Cyber College asks students to calculate the costs / benefits of socially responsible business decisions.
- Shareholder Action Network - http://shareholderaction.org/
Nonprofit group hosted by Coop America which informs and coordinates shareholder activism toward corporations which are behaving unethically.
- CSR Europe - http://www.csreurope.org
European business reference point for social responsibility issues. Includes case studies, publications, current activities and databank search.
- Campus Sweatshop Protests Spread - http://www.globalexchange.org/economy/corporations/campus/usatoday021799.html
Country wide student rallies urge stronger conduct codes for factories that make clothing bearing university logos. Meetings and rallies at most major U.S. universities.
- Boycott Action News - http://boycotts.org/
Co-op America's "tell it like it is" information about corporations that need to be made more accountable.
- Tell Citibank.org - http://www.tellcitibank.org/
A place for concerned citizens, including Citigroup stockholders and Citibank customers, to fight predatory lending at the Associates and to learn about community investing as a constructive alternative.
- The Fair Labor Association - http://www.fairlabor.org/
Nonprofit network which gets major footwear and clothing manufacturers to agree to disclose specific factory names, where in the world their products are manufactured.
- Business in the Community - http://www.bitc.org.uk
A movement of businesses committed to continually improving their positive impact on society through corporate social responsibility.
- Ethical Performance - http://www.ethicalperformance.com/
Newsletter for professionals concerned with corporate social responsibility or for investors. Covers Europe, Americas and Asia Pacific regions.
- What is the OECD? - http://www.flyingfish.org.uk/articles/oecd/tears.htm
Paper on overarching issues affecting corporate accountability. Discusses the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- A Resolution on a Modern Myth - http://members.aol.com/skettler/wmresol1.html
It is resolved that Wal-Mart conduct a short-term study to disprove the modern myth that Sunday work maximizes profits.
- One Market, Under God - http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/21/business/21ANTI.html
Thomas Frank, 35, contends that behind the go- go stock market and the feel-good atmosphere, the American economy that bloomed in the 1990's is sick, and that the divide between rich and poor has widened. To read this NY Times interview of him, requires free registration.
- Watered Stock Pyramid Analysis - http://www.billparish.com/journalists.html
Links to articles by Bill Parish about Citicorp, Cisco Systems and Microsoft printing stock with abandon.
- The MacBride Principles - http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/macbride.html
Principles of conduct for firms doing business in Northern Ireland.
- Focus on the Corporation - http://www.sfbg.com/focus/
Focus on the Corporation, a close look at corporate power and monopolization as it effects contemporary society. (via San Francisco Bay Guardian online edition)
- C-SPAN: Corporate Accountability - http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=CORP_ACCT&ShowVidNum=6&Rot_Cat_CD=Corp_Acct&Rot_HT=&Rot_WD=
Highlights recent video and news pertaining to accounting reform, SEC and FTC actions and Congressional oversight, and related issues.
- CensorShip Kills - http://members.aol.com/deathurbia/censorshipkills.html
Anti-Corporate advertisers and underwriters. Supports competition to them by citizen-based Low Power FM radio stations.
- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) - http://www.bsr.org/
Provides information, tools, training and advisory services to make corporate social responsibility an integral part of business operations and strategies.
- News for McDonald's Franchisees - http://www.licenseenews.com/
News, links and articles concerning the impact of poor or questionable management of McDonald's on its franchisees around the world.
- Corporate Social Responsibility Forum - http://www.pwblf.org/
Promotes social responsibility in business by increasing awareness of ethical matters and hosting a database for good corporate practices. Offers seminars and conferences.
- Corporate Watch - http://www.corpwatch.org/
An online magazine and resource center designed to provide activists, journalists, students, teachers and policy makers with an array of tools to investigate and analyze corporate activity. Documents the social, political, economic and environmental impacts of large transnational corporations.
- Corporate Culpability - http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1998/issue2/clarkson2.html
C.M.V.Clarkson, Law Professor at University of Leicester has published numerous scholarly papers on corporate accountability. This is one of them.
- Corporate Governance - http://www.corpgov.net/
Facilitates the movement to enhance wealth creation by transforming corporations into more democratic entities through shareholder activism and empowering boards of directors.
- Corporate Social Accountability Handbook - http://www.ellipson.com/files/ebooks/CSAM_handbook.pdf
An unofficial international standard for social accountability initiated by CEPAA (now Social Accountability International) and provided by Ellipson Ltd, a consulting service linked with sustainability. [Document is 17 pages in size]
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