Adbusters: USA (TM)
Article on the hidden history of corporations in the US - how initial controls on abuse of power by corporations were steadily rolled back. |
Architects and Engineers for S R
Promotes socially responsible ethic in use of technology, work for the abolition of weapons of mass destruction, and campaign on specific environmental issues. UK site. |
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. |
Center for Global Ethics
Dialogue among representatives of all major religious groups plus global business code of ethics. |
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. |
Corporate Culpability
C.M.V.Clarkson, Law Professor at University of Leicester has published numerous scholarly papers on corporate accountability. This is one of them. |
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. |
Corporate Reform Organization
Summer offices and organizers list of new college and university based group seeking to make corporations accountable through influencing investment committees at major universities and colleges. |
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. |
Democracy Watch
An Ottawa-based non-profit, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization that focuses on democratic reform and government and corporate accountability in Canada. |
Do Corporate Operations Prey?
Corporate Predators web site, article on "The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy." |
Equal Benefits Advocates
Nonprofit working to ensure the adoption of equal benefits for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. |
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 |
Innovest
Environmental finance company that researches and rates companies based on their environmental performance or "eco-efficiency". |
McDonaldization of Society
A discussion of McDonaldization of American Society, emphasizing both its benefits and problems, and how to deal with it in daily life. |
Military-Industrial Complex Revisited
Are certain corporate operations inextricably connected with what former U.S. President Eisenhower called "The Military-Industrial Complex?" (nearly half a century ago) |
Multinational Monitor
Tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, |
Multinationals and Mother Earth
Do global capital flows inherently challenge the environment? White paper on corporate operations, as they effect the environment today. |
People of Faith Network
Presbyterian group which unites local congregations, to get corporations to simply disclose their practices instead of hiding them. |
People of Faith Network
Fights oppression of third world human beings by firms like Wal-Mart and Disney, simply asking for honest disclosure. |
Socially Responsible Investment Coalition
Aimed toward increasing corporate accountability through education and action alerts. |
Student Alliance to Reform Corporations
STARC is dedicated to challenging corporate power through educations and direct action. Focuses on Socially Responsible Investing, Fair Trade, international trade and economics, and social change. |
Students against Lethality
Subscription page of Students for Change, permits networking with other activists on businesses affecting Human Rights. |
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. |
The One and Only Anti-Music Industry Website
Analyzes, examines, and exposes what it calls "the tasteless and evil practices of the music industry". |
Transparency International
International coalition against corruption in international business transactions and seeking increased government accountability. |
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. |
