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		<title>Fifth Third Bancorp &#8211; 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report</title>
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		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/05/fifth-third-bancorp-2009-corporate-social-responsibility-report/</link>
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		<title>Sodexo awarded for ethics as workers make minimum wage - Binghamton University Pipe Dream | Ashley Tarr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the full article here. Excerpt: Employee sources said that a significant percentage of workers live paycheck to paycheck; they are forced to frequent soup kitchens and charities to feed themselves and their families. The problem has been ongoing since at least fall 2008, when one employee estimated that between 65 and 70 percent of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/04/sodexo-awarded-for-ethics-as-workers-make-minimum-wage/</link>
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		<title>Who owns your genes? - Carol Rose - On Liberty - boston.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by jurvetsonGreat blog post with background on this week&#8217;s decision by a federal judge upholding a lawsuit that challenges the granting of patents for human genes. Read the article here. Excerpt: The danger of letting corporations patent human genes is that they can use the monopoly created by patents to deny access to diagnostic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/03/who-owns-your-genes/</link>
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		<title>Apologies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For some reason, my site is running extremely slow right now. As I am working on it, you may see some unusual looking pages. Sorry for the inconvenience.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/03/apologies/</link>
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		<title>The Robber Barons of Social Change - Toward Freedom | Mark Engler and Arthur Phillips  </title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I need to read this book: Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World by Michael Edwards. Read the review by Mark Engler and Arthur Phillips here. Excerpt: The Ben &#038; Jerry’s story is but a small cautionary tale about the still-growing and already far-reaching field of “philanthrocapitalism.” This is the term that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/02/the-robber-barons-of-social-change/</link>
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		<title>Good Intentions - Wall Street Journal - Julian Evans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Limbo Poet The Wall Street Journal seems to take great delight in the idea that the corporate social responsibility &#8220;fad&#8221; might be passing. Hmm. An 8% reduction in corporate donations in 2008? By what percentage did sales fall in that year? More importantly, it&#8217;s been quite awhile since anyone advanced the idea that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/02/good-intentions/</link>
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		<title>Burt&#8217;s Bees &#8211; 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Report</title>
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		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/02/burts-bees-2009-corporate-social-responsibility-report/</link>
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		<title>Toyota&#8217;s Tylenol moment - Fortune (CnnMoney.com) - Alex Taylor III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Read the article here. Excerpt: For guidance &#8212; and perhaps inspiration &#8212; Toyota should do some research on the Johnson &#038; Johnson Tylenol recall of 1982. That year, seven people in the Chicago area died from taking Tylenol capsules poisoned with potassium cyanide. The case remains unsolved, and no suspects were ever charged. But Johnson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/02/toyotas-tylenol-moment/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Walking away&#8221; not immoral, prof says - Arizona Republic - J. Craig Anderson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by respres&#8220;Strategic default&#8221; is the term used to describe the decision to walk away from an underwater mortgage. The terms of a mortgage contract spell out the responsibilities of all parties, and include a list of consequences for borrowers who fail to live up to their part of the bargain. Some homeowners, after looking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/walking-away-not-immoral-prof-says/</link>
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		<title>How Will the Citizens United Decision Affect Sustainable Business? - Triple Pundit - Editorial: Steve Puma</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by dbkingThis is a very good article, full of links and references, covering not only the Citizens United case but also the issue of corporate personhood. I&#8217;m somewhat surprised at the reaction to the court&#8217;s decision in this case. As noted in this article, the US Supreme Court has previously established that corporations are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/how-will-the-citizens-united-decision-affect-sustainable-business/</link>
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		<title>UK Business schools put ethics high on MBA agenda - The Guardian - Nic Paton </title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s good to see a renewed emphasis on ethics in UK business schools. But what about here in the US? Read the article here. Excerpt: As the bodies responsible for teaching so many of the &#8220;masters of the universe&#8221; who did so much to cause last year&#8217;s economic meltdown, it is perhaps not surprising that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/uk-business-schools-put-ethics-high-on-mba-agenda/</link>
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		<title>Does Kraft&#8217;s Takeover Mean the End of Cadbury&#8217;s Fair Trade Policies? - change.org - Nathaniel Whittemore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by anshu_si Read the article here. Excerpt: Last year, famed British chocolatier Cadbury made waves when it announced that 100% of the cocoa used in its popular Dairy Milk line would be sourced Fair Trade. With the news that Cadbury is being sold to American conglomerate Kraft, the question is: will the new owners [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/does-krafts-takeover-mean-the-end-of-cadburys-fair-trade-policies/</link>
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		<title>Business Ethics Training Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.businessethicstraining.org/ Interesting blog, with a focus on business ethics as an academic discipline. From the blog: This blog is a result of my experience as both a business owner and as an employee during which I came across a wide variety of ethical and moral issues. During a long career in international business including a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/business-ethics-training-blog/</link>
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		<title>The Centre for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.cim.org/csr/ &#8220;The Centre for Excellence on Corporate Social Responsibility is being developed by The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum as one of the four pillars of the Canadian government&#8217;s action plan on CSR, Building the Canadian Advantage announced in March 2009. Over the coming year, this site will become the hub of knowledge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/the-centre-for-excellence-in-corporate-social-responsibility/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Attorney: Johnson &amp; Johnson Paid Millions In Kickbacks To Boost Sales Of Schizophrenia Drug In Nursing Homes - Huffington Post - Linda A. Johnson (AP)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a good week for Johnson &#038; Johnson, a company long considered by many to be a good example of corporate social responsibility. Earlier this week, the company expanded their recall of Tylenol and other products, but only after an FDA investigation revealed numerous problems that one of the company&#8217;s facilities. Now, the company is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/u-s-attorney-johnson-johnson-paid-millions-in-kickbacks/</link>
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		<title>With Tylenol recall 2010, a corporate icon stumbles - Christian Science Monitor - Laurent Belsie </title>
		<description><![CDATA[Johnson &#038; Johnson has long been lauded as a champion of corporate social responsibility. Their handing of the 1982 Tylenol recall has been used as a case study for the proper management of a company in crisis. (Just google &#8220;Johnson &#038; Johnson Tylenol case study&#8221; &#8211; a good example of which is located here.) This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/with-tylenol-recall-2010-a-corporate-icon-stumbles/</link>
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		<title>Apple Again Resists Shareholder Pleas for Emissions Reporting - Environmental Leader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world in 2009. This certainly doesn&#8217;t sound admirable. Read the article here. Excerpt: In a repeat scenario from last January, Apple Inc. is contesting two petitions from shareholder groups to increase the company’s environmental efforts, according to Apple’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/apple-again-resists-shareholder-pleas-for-emissions-reporting/</link>
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		<title>Google to Stop Censoring Search Results in China After Hack Attack - Wired.com - Kim Zetter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Photo by adria.richards Hey, Google. It&#8217;s about time. Read the article here. Excerpt: Google launched its Chinese-language search engine, Google.cn, in January 2006. The company said at the time that it did so in the belief that a search engine would help open access to information for Chinese residents. To obtain permission to operate in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2010/01/google-to-stop-censoring-search-results-in-china-after-hack-attack/</link>
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		<title>Decade In Review: Corporate Scoundrels And Scandals - NPR - Tamara Keith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A trip down memory lane. Listen to the story or read the transcript here. Excerpt: The business world has been rocked by one scandal after another in the past decade. From Bernie Ebbers to Bernie Madoff, it&#8217;s been a confusing and angry time for investors. In particular, the past 18 months have resembled a horror [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2009/12/decade-in-review-corporate-scoundrels-and-scandals/</link>
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		<title>Does Golden Pay for the CEOs Sink Stocks? - Wall Street Journal - Jason Zweig</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Links to the studies are included in the article.  Read the article here. Excerpt: Why does it seem that it&#8217;s always Christmas in corporate boardrooms? And how can investors tell whether those glittering pay packages are worth the cost? The answer sounds obvious: Pay the boss more for good results now, and you should get [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.bizethics.org/2009/12/does-golden-pay-for-the-ceos-sink-stocks/</link>
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