Students for Informed Career Decisions
- 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/
Child Slave Labor News - Information on companies worldwide that are known to use sweatshop labor and child labor. Also some Good companies. Produced by Immaculata High School students. - http://ihscslnews.org/
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - Covers over 1000 companies, over 160 countries, over 150 topics. The site is composed of links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, academics, etc. It includes reports of co - http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home
Transparency International - International coalition against corruption in international business transactions and seeking increased government accountability. - http://www.transparency.org/
The Cluetrain Manifesto - Corporate activists seeking to put a human touch back into the corporate world through the use of technology. - http://www.cluetrain.com
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/
Fair Trade Federation - FTF is an association of businesses committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. Standards are relevant to corporate operations. - http://www.fairtradefederation.org/
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
Multinational Monitor - Tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment. - http://multinationalmonitor.org/
Democracy Watch - An Ottawa-based non-profit, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization that focuses on democratic reform and government and corporate accountability in Canada. - http://www.dwatch.ca/
Center for Global Ethics - Dialogue among representatives of all major religious groups plus global business code of ethics. - http://astro.temple.edu/~dialogue/geth.htm
Expose of The Bilderberg Club - "...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
Socially Responsible Investment Coalition - Aimed toward increasing corporate accountability through education and action alerts. - http://www.flash.net/~sric/index.htm
XAT Peaceful Revolution Network - A barter organization uses XAT units as an alternative to money to purchase goods and services. Writings on the history of money and a Journey guide. - http://www.xat.org
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/
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
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/
Campaign to Ban Landmines - 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
undesign - a plan for all seasons - Reflections on the wisdom of Tibor Kalman, social responsibility, and a designer's role in the digital age. - http://www.undesign.org/
Corporate Predators - 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
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
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 - http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n35apec.html
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 - http://www.rafi.org
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/
Do Corporate Operations Prey? - Corporate Predators web site, article on "The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy." - http://www.corporatepredators.org/contents.html