Ethical rating.Co-ops are no guarantee to safeguarding workers' rights, members' equality or good corporate practice in general. Like any other company, government or citizen nowadays, we are increasingly being strangled stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. by global corporate conglomerates. In order to counterbalance this stranglehold I wonder how difficult it would be to set up an ethical rating system for such global enterprises. There could be scales such as: * Environmental impact assessment * Treatment of the communities they operate in * Treatment of workers and associated companies * Equality and transparency levels. There could be a carrot and stick Carrot and stick (also spelled "carrot-and-stick")[1] is an idiom used to refer to the act of rewarding good behavior and punishing bad behavior. The carrot represents the edible reward, while the stick refers to a punishing switch. approach. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently this chart would benefit the companies that score best and would get free promotion. This could all be self-financing and available on the web. Dieter Gerhardt Dieter Felix Gerhardt was a Commodore in the South African Navy, and commander of the Simonstown naval base. In 1982 he was arrested then convicted as a Soviet spy together with his second wife, Ruth. Co Kilkenny, Ireland |
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