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Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/

Weblog addresses issues such as intellectual property, anti-trust actions, and recording industry policies.

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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

http://www.business-humanrights.org/Home

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.

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Campaign to Ban Landmines

http://www.hrw.org/hrw/campaigns/mines/1999/mine-campaigns.htm

Human Rights Watch update (March, 1999) on the continued use of land mines encouraged by President Clinton and midwest defense firm.

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Center for Global Ethics

http://astro.temple.edu/~dialogue/geth.htm

Dialogue among representatives of all major religious groups plus global business code of ethics.

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Child Slave Labor News

http://ihscslnews.org/

Information on companies worldwide that are known to use sweatshop labor and child labor. Also some Good companies. Produced by Immaculata High School students.

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Corporate Predators

http://www.corporatepredators.org

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.

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Democracy Watch

http://www.dwatch.ca/

An Ottawa-based non-profit, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization that focuses on democratic reform and government and corporate accountability in Canada.

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Do Corporate Operations Prey?

http://www.corporatepredators.org/contents.html

Corporate Predators web site, article on 'The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy.'

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ENDespair Project

http://www.endespair.com/

To Transform the 'World of Work' by an informal, expanding coalition of citizens concerned about what's happening in the business world.

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Expose of The Bilderberg Club

http://www.bilderberg.org/index.htm

'...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.' - David Rockefeller

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Fair Trade Federation

http://www.fairtradefederation.org/

FTF is an association of businesses committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. Standards are relevant to corporate operations.

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Foreign Policy and Corporate Operations

http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n35apec.html

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?

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iMedia Connection: How's Your Reputation?

http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/3268.asp

Article suggests that actively managing what search engines say about your business can head off costly attacks.

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Joho the Blog

http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/

David Weinberger weblog talks about the Internet, online communities, his book andquot;Everything Is Miscellanous,andquot; and occasionally politics.

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Multinational Monitor

http://multinationalmonitor.org/

Tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment.

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Multinationals and Mother Earth

http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/briefs/vol3/v3n22env.html

Do global capital flows inherently challenge the environment? White paper on corporate operations, as they affect the environment today.

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RAFI: Rural Advancement Foundation

http://www.rafi.org

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.

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Robert A. G. Monks

http://www.ragm.com/

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.

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Socially Responsible Investment Coalition

http://www.flash.net/~sric/index.htm

Aimed toward increasing corporate accountability through education and action alerts.

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Students against Lethality

http://groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/studentsforchange

Subscription page of Students for Change, permits networking with other activists on businesses affecting Human Rights.

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Students for Informed Career Decisions

http://www.stanford.edu/group/SICD/

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.

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The Cluetrain Manifesto

http://www.cluetrain.com

Corporate activists seeking to put a human touch back into the corporate world through the use of technology.

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The Fairtrade Foundation

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/

Seeks to tackle the exploitation of workers in developing countries by giving consumers the opportunity to buy products that guarantee a better deal to producers. Site includes information resources and a report on coffee farmers and international trade.

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The One and Only Anti-Music Industry Website

http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/antimusicindustry/

Analyzes, examines, and exposes what it calls 'the tasteless and evil practices of the music industry'.

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Transparency International

http://www.transparency.de/

International coalition against corruption in international business transactions and seeking increased government accountability.

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