Topic: Corporate Accountability

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From hazelnut trees to Foxconn, corporate responsibility is growing

Mountain Hazelnut Venture is planting trees, paying fair wages, and supplying customers in a triple win for corporate social responsibility.
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Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman urge fans to help Africa

In a show of corporate social responsibility, DC Comics unleashes its superheroes on the problems in the Horn of Africa
Happy Meal change: Apple slices in every Happy Meal

Happy Meal change: McDonald's on Tuesday said that it would add apple slices and reduce the portion of French fries in its children's meal boxes this fall, effectively taking away consumers' current choice between either having apples with caramel dip or fries as a Happy Meal side.
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Helping companies stand up to worker exploitation

'Help Wanted' gives companies, unions, NGOs, and governments tools for ending exploitation of workers.
Chapter & Verse
PBS and JetBlue partner up to keep kids reading all summer long

"Soar with Reading" offers in-flight packages to entertain young travelers with reading games.
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In business or philanthropy, treat people as valued 'clients'

Selling inexpensive products in the developing world is one way to lift living standards. But whether it's capitalism or philanthropy you've got to listen to and involve your customer.
Case in Point
'Corporate social responsibility': a wobbly concept

'Corporate social responsibility' is sometimes smart business, but it's always difficult to define. What social responsibilities do corporations bear? What should they?
Robert Reich
A final lesson from the Gulf: keeping corporations accountable

If we want corporations to maintain accountability for tragedies like the Gulf oil spill, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and penalties higher than the economic benefits of thwarting the laws.
Four reasons Tony Hayward is apparently out as BP chief

BP’s board of directors looks set to replace Chief Executive Tony Hayward after a series of missteps during the Gulf oil spill crisis. But the move is about more than Mr. Hayward’s gaffes.
BP, Goldman Sachs, and Massey could learn a lot from ultimate frisbee

The BP oil spill is just the latest example of questionable corporate action that's prompted calls for stronger government regulation. Yet the more profound reform would come from absorbing the lessons of a game with no referees.
Robert Reich
Why BP won't pay for full Gulf spill clean-up

Oil giant BP has been making public statements about its corporate social responsibility for as many years as it’s behaved irresponsibly.
Case in Point
Are corporate social responsibility rankings irresponsible?

Corporate social responsibility rankings can be a powerful tool for companies. But there are concerns about how they are compiled.
The New Economy
Obama jobs summit: Do you need a purpose-driven job?

After President Obama's jobs summit remarks, here are the top 7 purpose-driven jobs.
Cheers in Nigeria after Shell agrees to pay $15.5 million

Despite the settlement, the oil firm denies complicity in the former military government's execution of antidrilling activists in the mid-1990s. Activists say the case is 'an important first step' toward justice in the region.
Obama's election network can transform US consumer culture

Our sense of entitlement may ingrained, but change is possible.