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>Multinational Corporations > >Corporate Social Responsibility > > >In the age of globalization, there are also global >eyes, and corporations are being held more accountable >for their environmental choices and labor practices. >Watchdog and independent monitoring groups play a >large role in making sure company's practices are >above board. However, in your research, be aware that >many groups, on either side of a dispute, have an >agenda, a source in the human rights industry said. >Here are a few sites about corporate social >responsibility: > >Company Websites: Many companies who produce their >goods abroad are not only monitoring their factory, >but reporting their findings on the Web. Athletic shoe >company Nike has been a target of many labor >citations. Nike and Reebok both provide human rights >sections on their Websites that give basic facts about >their factories and human-rights efforts. Check out >this chart I received after requesting information >from Nike. > >CorpWatch (www.corpwatch.org): This non-profit's >slogan is "Holding Corporations Accountable." This >site has information on globalization, oil, >sweatshops, trade agreements and the WTO. You can also >search the site for the organization you are >researching. > > >Corporate Accountability Project >(www.corporations.org): This group has a critical eye >toward global corporations. The section on Corporate >Dirt is interesting. > >Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire >(www.csrwire.com): This wire service is a great way to >search for an organization's ethics, human rights >records and charitable contributions. > >Environmental Background Information Center >(www.ebic.org): This nonprofit group assists >grassroots organizations by tracking records of >corporate polluters, and providing environmental >justice mapping and strategic assistance. > >Global Exchange (www.globalexhange.org): This >human-rights organization says it promotes >environmental, political, and social justice around >the world and is a watchdog group for corporate >accountability, chronicling efforts by Gap and Nike to >clean up their sweatshops. This activist group has >articles on globalization as well. > >OSHA (www.osha.gov): The U.S. Occupational Safety and >Health Administration is a good place to go to check >that U.S. labor laws are being followed for companies >operating the United States. A search for Japan-based >Mitsubishi showed that a subsidiary has been cited for >a fatal crane collapse in Milwaukee. > >Verite (www.verite.org): This organization has >monitored 600 factories worldwide and has spoken with >thousands of workers. Although you probably won't find >specific information on an company's practices, the >organization has a newsletter and is a reputable >watchdog group. > >Visit: >http://www1.soc.american.edu/students/corpresearch/watc >hdog.html
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