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NGO Praises EU Pressure on National Tax Policies
April 10, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has applauded the European Commission for "naming and shaming" EU members that have "aggressive" corporate tax policies and for announcing the ways in which countries outside the bloc must reform their tax systems to be removed from an EU blacklist sanctioning them for failing to collect a "fair" share of taxes.
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AI Faults Twitter over Failure to Uphold Rights in Posts
April 09, 2018
Amnesty International (AI) has launched a campaign called "Toxic Twitter" faulting the technology giant for failing to uphold women's rights "to live free from discrimination and violence" by shutting down sexist abuse and harassment of women on its social media platform and for refusing to publicly report on its efforts to stamp out such online abuse.
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HRW Pushes for Public Reporting on Jewelry Sourcing
April 09, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Human Rights Watch is encouraging jewelry firms to embrace the global business and human rights agenda in their sourcing of various minerals by mapping their full supply chains, performing broad human rights impact assessments, and increasing public reporting on their efforts to rid their supply chains of human rights abuses.
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Academic Proposes Internet "Rewiring" to Uphold Rights
April 03, 2018
Professor Sarah Joseph of Monash University in Australia writes that the business model of tech giant Facebook, facing global scrutiny for issues ranging from data breaches to the dissemination of "fake news," may be incompatible with human rights and suggests the internet may need to be "rewired from the grassroots" to prevent such abuses.
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GRI: Corporate Reporting Contributes to Gender Equality
March 30, 2018
A press release from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) explains how companies can use its reporting standards on topics related to the international "sustainability" agenda to demonstrate to the public how their corporate employment and other policies contribute to gender equality.
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