Word: laborer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...studied in Beijing; then he came back to teach in Changsha. In 1958 he was one of half a million intellectuals who lost their jobs in Mao's anti-rightist campaign. This was the beginning of two decades in the political wilderness for Peiyuan that would culminate in labor camp. "I lost the golden years of my life, from 1958 to 1979," he says...
U.A.W. Autoworkers get $$$, long-term contract. God forbid labor enjoy...
Among other things, it means accounting firms need to hire people who may not know a debenture from a dividend, but who do understand carbon-dioxide emissions or child-labor scams. Thus, when the London office of KPMG recently formed its new Sustainability Advisory Services (SAS), it hired the core personnel en masse from the Body Shop, the British cosmetics firm that helped pioneer the practice of corporate social and environmental accountability...
...eliminating the disposal of natural gas by flaring? Do companies operating in countries where the ancient practice of baksheesh remains an accepted business method adhere to a zero-tolerance of bribery? Do manufacturers or retailers that receive supplies and goods from developing countries guard against child and slave labor? Are companies achieving goals aimed at employing more women and minorities...
Public-interest groups like the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), based in Boston, are scrambling to issue guidelines and standards. CERES, a coalition of more than 50 investor, environmental, religious, labor and social-justice groups, has launched a global-reporting initiative to set environmental benchmarks for corporate reports. London's Institute of Social and Ethical Account Ability, a lobbying group, has established recommendations for standards for social and ethical reporting and developed accreditation procedures for professionals in this area...