GE Announces Membership in the Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR).FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- GE announced today that it has joined The Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR BLIHR Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights ), a business-led program to help lead and develop the corporate response to human rights. "GE, through its policies and practices, promotes the advancement of fundamental human rights," said Bob Corcoran Bob Corcoran was a former television talk show host on KTVW, Channel 13 in Tacoma, Washington, during the early 1970s. His program, which provided Corcoran with a forum for his populist, conservative views, was broadcast daily on the independent television station. , Vice President of Corporate Citizenship Corporate Citizenship The extent to which businesses are socially responsible in meeting legal, ethical and economic responsibilities placed on them by shareholders. The aim it to create higher standards of living and quality of life in the community in which it operates, while and Chief Learning Officer. "We look forward to working together with BLIHR's other 13 member companies toward the principal objective of finding 'practical ways of applying the aspirations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Drafted by a committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was adopted without dissent but with eight abstentions. within a business context and to inspire other businesses to do likewise.'" For more information about GE's human rights or citizenship performance, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com/citizenship. For more information about BLIHR, visit the organization's Web site at www.blihr.org. GE (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : GE) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing, media content and advanced materials, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com. The Business Leaders Initiative on Human Rights (BLIHR) is a business-led program to help lead and develop the corporate response to human rights. |
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