bizEthics.org » Tools http://www.bizethics.org Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability issues Wed, 05 May 2010 02:55:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability issues bizEthics.org no Business Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Environmental Sustainability issues bizEthics.org » Tools http://www.bizethics.org/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.bizethics.org/category/resources/tools/ Investor.gov http://www.bizethics.org/2009/10/investor-gov/ http://www.bizethics.org/2009/10/investor-gov/#comments Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:00:57 +0000 admin http://www.bizethics.org/?p=619 http://investor.gov/
This new site, established by the Securities and Exchange Commission, contains a section on investor fraud, with alerts and updates on specific scams

]]> http://www.bizethics.org/2009/10/investor-gov/feed/ 0 WalMart’s Supplier Sustainability Assessment http://www.bizethics.org/2009/09/walmarts-supplier-sustainability-assessment/ http://www.bizethics.org/2009/09/walmarts-supplier-sustainability-assessment/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:08:44 +0000 admin http://www.bizethics.org/?p=593 http://www.greenbiz.com/research/tool/2009/09/28/supplier-sustainability-assessment
From the GreenBiz site:

The Sustainability Assessment is the first of three phases of the Sustainability Index project Walmart announced in July 2009. This tool offers an in-depth look at the 15 questions the company is asking of all its suppliers.

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This is a joint project of the Earth Day Network and Redefining Progress. The Ecological Footprint page includes a link to a quick test of your consumption of the world’s resources. In addition, there is an Excel spreadsheet available for downloading that helps you to measure your consumption, recycling and energy use.

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The Calvert-Henderson Quality of Life Indicators examine our social, economic and environmental condition. They provide a “contribution to the worldwide effort to develop comprehensive statistics of national well-being that go beyond traditional macroeconomic indicators.” Areas included in the study consist of education, employment, energy, environment, health, human rights, income, infrastructure, national security, public safety, re-creation and shelter.

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Saying that “One sweatshop is too many,” the Fair Labor Association is a non-profit organization combining the efforts of industry, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), colleges and universities to promote adherence to international labor standards and improve working conditions worldwide. The website contains a Fair Labor Assessment portal, which offers a wide range of tools to assess the level of code compliance of companies and suppliers.

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