Diversity and Inclusion
Business strategies and HR practices addressing workplace equity, opportunity and inclusiveness.
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01-26-09
Leading Corporate Law Firms Assist UN Special Representative to Map if and How Corporate Law fosters Business Respect for Human Rights
NEW YORK and GENEVA. - 26 January 2009 - Fifteen leading corporate law firms from around the world will participate in a UN-led effort to identify whether and how national corporate law principles and practices currently foster corporate cultures respectful of human rights. ...
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01-22-09
Deloitte Marks Tenth Year on Fortune’s "100 Best Companies to Work For" List
NEW YORK, NY "“ January 23, 2009 - For the tenth year, Deloitte has been named to FORTUNE magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For." The annual survey, which appears in the February 2 issue of FORTUNE and on www.fo...
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01-19-09
NGOs to Further Challenge UN Global Compact to Uphold its "Integrity Measures"
BOSTON, MA "“ January 19, 2009 - Following the refusal by the UN Global Compact (UNGC) to accept and act on a formal complaint of "systematic or egregious abuse" of the Global Compact’s overall aims and principles by PetroChina, a UNGC participant, the NGOs that submitted th...
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01-07-09
Petrochina Accused of Complicity in Genocide by Over 80 Civil Society Organizations
Boston, MA - January 7, 2009 - Today, over 80 civil society organizations including human rights, corporate accountability, and religious groups from 25 countries, as well as government officials and actor, Mia Farrow, submitted an open letter to the United Nations Global Co...
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01-06-09
Launch of Bases Wiki
- January 6, 2009 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Business and Human Rights is delighted to announce the launch of BASESwiki. This is a new on-line resource focused on the non-judicial mechanisms available around the world to help companies and t...
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12-16-08
Marriott and Milk
Last month's passage of California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, unleashed anger among gay and lesbian Americans. One target: Marriott Corp., mostly because the company's founding family and current CEO, Bill Marriott, are members of the Church of Jesus Ch...
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12-10-08
Business and Civil Society Leaders Call for Better Human Rights Disclosure
AMSTERDAM. - 10, December 2008 - Today - on the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - corporate, trade union and civil society leaders have added their voices to the call by The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the United Nations ...
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12-10-08
Business and Human Rights Debate Finally on the Right Track
December 10, 2008 - Today marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Good progress has been made in entrenching a culture of human rights around the world over the past six decades. Yet discrimination, oppression, poverty and injustice remain al...
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12-08-08
The New Face of jhr (Journalists for Human Rights)
Toronto, ON - December 05, 2008 "“ In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 10th 2008), jhr is pleased to announce its new public face-a new website, new logo, new head office and new way of talking about the important wor...
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12-05-08
Over 230 Companies Worldwide Have a Public Human Rights Policy Statement, On Eve of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration
- December 4, 2008 - To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Realizing Rights and the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre have been encouraging more companies to adopt human rights policies.
Mary Robin...
