• Combating Child Labor in the Supply Chain in India

    Steffen Kurzawa, Bayer CropScience
    Bayer Group

    Child labor cannot simply be eliminated by decree. To this day it remains deeply rooted in many societies. In particular, subsistence farmers still frequently resort to child labor to manage their fields. Implementing the effective abolition of child labor may be laborious and time-consuming for businesses if child labor is the norm. Yet pursuing this approach is worthwhile in every way, as shown by an example from India.  more[...]

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  • Children: A Universal Cause

    Corinne Bélière, Air France
    AIR FRANCE KLM

    Air France KLM’s mission is to connect people around the world. Some 72 million people of all ages, languages, and cultures travel each year on board our aircraft. The attentive service provided to each and every one of our passengers has led the Group toward a better understanding of its customers and their expectations over the years. This approach, which encompasses much more than simple flight services, extends to the destinations and regions where the Group is present and to the people who live there.  more[...]

    The Author
     
  • Children: A Universal Cause

    Corinne Bélière, Air France
    AIR FRANCE KLM

    Air France KLM’s mission is to connect people around the world. Some 72 million people of all ages, languages, and cultures travel each year on board our aircraft. The attentive service provided to each and every one of our passengers has led the Group toward a better understanding of its customers and their expectations over the years. This approach, which encompasses much more than simple flight services, extends to the destinations and regions where the Group is present and to the people who live there.  more[...]

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  • Margaret Thatcher’s unacknowledged grandchild

    Prof. Andrew Crane, Schulich School of Business

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    Prof. Andrew Crane, Schulich School of Business 
     
  • HR Managers - just making excuses

    Elaine Cohen, Beyond Business Ltd

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    The Author
    Elaine Cohen, Beyond Business Ltd 
     
  • Family Friendly Enterprise: Slovenia Leads The Way

    Prof. Wayne Visser, Kaleidoscope Futures

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    Prof. Wayne Visser, Kaleidoscope Futures 
     
  • The Author
    Carol Sanford, InterOctave Global 
     
  • Top 10 Corporate Responsibility Stories of 2012

    Prof. Andrew Crane, Schulich School of Business

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    Prof. Andrew Crane, Schulich School of Business 
     
  • Conflict Minerals

    Resource conflict is one of several destabilizing phenomena commonly cited as defining many of the extractive economies of the global south. Our Tutorial discusses all aspects of the issue with a special focus on US laws, SEC and Dodd-Frank Act regulations.  more[...]

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  • China's Workforce in 2015: Better Trained, Better Paid, Better Protected?

    The Conference Board

    According to a new report from The Conference Board, China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan (FYP), encompassing 2011–2015, signals a new focus in the country’s development on “human factors” — from improving education to boosting consumer spending and reducing inequality. Reading the Tea Leaves: The Impact of China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan on Human Capital Challenges investigates the latest FYP, finding strategic planning and program implementation lessons for multinational corporations preparing for the Chinese economy and Chinese workforce of the future.  more[...]

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  • Dodd–Frank Section 1502 and the SEC’s final rule

    Ernst & Young

    In recent years, there has been an increasing international focus on conflict minerals emanating from mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and adjoining countries. Armed groups engaged in mining operations in this region are believed to subject workers and indigenous people to serious human rights abuses and are using proceeds from the sale of conflict minerals to finance regional conflicts.  more[...]  login_required

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  • When Job Earnings are Behind Poverty Reduction

    World Bank

    Improvement in labor market conditions has been the main explanation behind many of the poverty success stories observed in the last decade – that is the primary conclusion of an analysis of changes in poverty by income source. Changes in labor earnings were the largest contributor to poverty reduction for a sample of 16 countries where poverty increased substantially.  more[...]

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  • Can China get old and rich at the same time?

    In 2013, there will be more than 200 million people aged 60 or over in China. This is more than the total population of countries like Indonesia, Japan, Brazil or Russia, which are some of the world’s most populous nations. By 2050, the number of elderly people in China is expected to reach 487 million or about one third of the entire population.  more[...]

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  • Viennese Sustainable HRM

    Elaine Cohen, Beyond Business Ltd

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    Elaine Cohen, Beyond Business Ltd 
     
  • Conflict minerals: What you need to know about the new disclosure and reporting requirements and how Ernst & Young can help

    Ernst & Young

    This Studie discusses Section 1502 of the Dodd–Frank Act requiring disclosures about "conflict minerals" emanating from select countries. Section 1502 of the Dodd–Frank Act is intended to make transparent the financial interests that support armed groups in the DRC area. By requiring companies using conflict minerals in their products to disclose the source of such minerals, the law is aimed at dissuading companies from continuing to engage in trade that supports regional conflicts.  more[...]  login_required

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