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In this paper, the author sketches five arguments that support the position that businesses have a moral responsibility to move toward sustainability.
In order for a constructively postmodern culture to emerge in China or in other parts of the world, we need what can be called a Second Enlightenment that will support modernization without environmental harm, increased inequality, and loss of faith.
This paper suggests that developing nations should give the Open Source model serious consideration in the search for innovative cures for neglected diseases.
This South Centre Analytical Note stresses that the provision of financing from developed countries to developing countries is required under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Parties to the Convention could directly operate the Convention's financial mechanism by setting up a Climate Change Fund.
New Economics Foundation
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07/24/08
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This paper from the New Economics Foundation offers an explanation of co-production, or a means of building community based on a sense of shared responsibility and mutual support. The point of co-production, according to the paper, is to encourage the use of human skills and experience to help deliver public or voluntary service.
Global Policy Forum
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07/21/08
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This document outlines areas of focus specified by civil society in advance of the November 2008 Financing for Development Conference in Doha.
The Framework for Responsible Mining is a joint effort by NGOs, retailers, investors, insurers, and technical experts working in the minerals sector. It outlines environmental, human rights, and social issues associated with mining and mined products.
The Access to Medicine Index is a comprehensive database of major pharmaceutical companies' efforts to help improve access to affordable essential drugs in developing countries.
This South Centre Analytical Note looks at the donor-driven agenda in the reform of public procurement-–the rules that guide government purchasing of goods, works and services--as one of the major components in the good governance agenda being incorporated by donors into their aid programmes.
Robin Cosgrove Prize for Ethics in Finance
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06/19/08
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The Robin Cosgrove Prize for Ethics in Finance awards prize money of USD 20,000 for creative and unpublished papers setting out innovative ideas to promote ethics in finance.
Robert Pollin,
Jeannette Wicks-Lim
Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts Amherst
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06/13/08
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In this report, PERI Co-Director Robert Pollin and Assistant Research Professor Jeannette Wicks-Lim provide a snapshot of the kinds of jobs are needed to build a green economy in the United States.
The Commission on Growth and Development's final report looks at how developing countries can achieve fast, sustained, and equitable growth.
This report presents a business and policy framework comprising three core principles: the state duty to protect against human rights abuses by third parties, including business; the corporate responsibility to respect human rights; and the need for more effective access to remedies.
Christine Bader
Human Rights in China
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04/11/08
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Christine Bader discusses business and state responsibilities for protecting human rights, looking at how Chinese companies compare globally.
Parashar Kulkarni
Center for Trade and Development
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03/19/08
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This paper is an attempt to understand whether the South Asian countries, with their mixed experiences
of the services economy, can develop a common position regarding Emergency Safeguard Measures.
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