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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 corporate misconduct as well as positive
examples of "best practice" by companies.
http://business-humanrights.org/
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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/
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Citiaction
Citizen campaign working to reassert citizen control over corporations like Citigroup and set the
standards by which the global economy will operate. Includes how to get involved and research
tools.
http://www.citiaction.org/
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Corporate Watch
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.
http://www.corpwatch.org/
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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
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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.
http://www.jakob.demon.co.uk/
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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.
http://adbusters.org/magazine/28/usa.html
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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://www.geocities.com/cslnews/
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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
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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/
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Socially Responsible Investment Coalition
Aimed toward increasing corporate accountability through education and action alerts.
http://www.flash.net/~sric/index.htm
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People of Faith Network
Fights oppression of third world human beings by firms like Wal-Mart and Disney, simply asking for
honest disclosure.
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~pofn
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People of Faith Network
Presbyterian group which unites local congregations, to get corporations to simply disclose
their practices instead of hiding them.
http://www.cloud9.net/~pofn
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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
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Transparency International
International coalition against corruption in international business transactions and seeking
increased government accountability.
http://www.transparency.de/
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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/
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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.
http://www.geocities.com/mcdonaldization/
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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
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The One and Only Anti-Music Industry Website
Analyzes, examines, and exposes what it calls "the tasteless and evil practices of the music
industry".
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/antimusicindustry/
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Forced Labor, Heroin and Terror in Burma
Several major corporations are still doing business with Burma, despite the state's appalling human
rights violations.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3108/
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Innovest
Environmental finance company that researches and rates companies based on their environmental
performance or "eco-efficiency".
http://www.innovestgroup.com
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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/
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Multinational Monitor
Tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World,
http://www.essential.org:80/monitor/
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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
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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/
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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.
http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1998/issue2/clarkson2.html
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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
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Multinationals and Mother Earth
Do global capital flows inherently challenge the environment? White paper on corporate operations,
as they effect the environment today.
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n22env.html
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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 the social and ecological costs of the
current economic crisis?
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n35apec.html
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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 its white papers.
http://www.rafi.org
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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/
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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
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Military-Industrial Complex Revisited
Asks if there are certain corporate operations inextricably connected with what U.S. President
Eisenhower called "The Military-Industrial Complex".
http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/papers/micr/
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