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- B Corporation
Provides a framework and certification for companies wishing to benefit society as well as their shareholders. - Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School
Weblog addresses issues such as intellectual property, anti-trust actions, and recording industry policies. - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
Covers over 1000 companies, over 160 countries, over 150 topics. The site is composed of links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, academics, etc. It includes reports of corporate misconduct as well as positive examples of "best practice" by companies. - Campaign to Ban Landmines
Human Rights Watch update (March, 1999) on the continued use of land mines encouraged by President Clinton and midwest defense firm. - Center for Global Ethics
Dialogue among representatives of all major religious groups plus global business code of ethics. - Child Slave Labor News
Information on companies worldwide that are known to use sweatshop labor and child labor. Also some Good companies. Produced by Immaculata High School students. - The Cluetrain Manifesto
Corporate activists seeking to put a human touch back into the corporate world through the use of technology. - Corporate Predators
Corporate Predators: The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy. This book by by Mokhiber and Weissman details corporate operations that threaten human rights and relations. - Democracy Watch
An Ottawa-based non-profit, non-partisan citizen advocacy organization that focuses on democratic reform and government and corporate accountability in Canada. - Do Corporate Operations Prey?
Corporate Predators web site, article on "The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy." - ENDespair Project
To Transform the "World of Work" by an informal, expanding coalition of citizens concerned about what's happening in the business world. - Expose of The Bilderberg Club
"...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it." - David Rockefeller - Fair Trade Federation
FTF is an association of businesses committed to providing fair wages and good employment opportunities to economically disadvantaged artisans and farmers worldwide. Standards are relevant to corporate operations. - The Fairtrade Foundation
Seeks to tackle the exploitation of workers in developing countries by giving consumers the opportunity to buy products that guarantee a better deal to producers. Information resources and a report on coffee farmers and international trade. - Foreign Policy and Corporate Operations
Research paper on U.S. policy in Asian Pacific Econ Cooperative: Does (1) US promotes an economic model that downplays human rights and sustainable development. (2) U.S. policy has focused on enhancing U.S. corporate interests rather than addressing the social and ecological costs of the current economic crisis? - iMedia Connection: How's Your Reputation?
Article suggests that actively managing what search engines say about your business can head off costly attacks. - Joho the Blog
David Weinberger weblog talks about the Internet, online communities, his book "Everything Is Miscellaneous," and occasionally politics. - Multinational Monitor
Tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labor union issues and the environment. - Multinationals and Mother Earth
Do global capital flows inherently challenge the environment? White paper on corporate operations, as they affect the environment today. - The One and Only Anti-Music Industry Website
Analyzes, examines, and exposes what it calls "the tasteless and evil practices of the music industry". - RAFI: Rural Advancement Foundation
Canada based nonprofit, activist group's site. Their goals are conservation and sustainable improvement of agricultural biodiversity; socially responsible development of technologies useful to rural societies. RAFI does not "pull its punches" on its white papers. - Robert A. G. Monks
This former corporate insider and former Maine-based U.S. Congressman has written several insightful looks at how corporations' operations may be inherently destructive to the environment, human beings, and our rights with ideas on improving the situation. - Socially Responsible Investment Coalition
Aimed toward increasing corporate accountability through education and action alerts. - Students against Lethality
Subscription page of Students for Change, permits networking with other activists on businesses affecting Human Rights. - Students for Informed Career Decisions
Provides information sheets on the environmental and labor practices of corporations that recruit on college campuses - including Disney, which is embroiled in a labor controversy. - Transparency International
International coalition against corruption in international business transactions and seeking increased government accountability. - undesign - a plan for all seasons
Reflections on the wisdom of Tibor Kalman, social responsibility, and a designer's role in the digital age. - XAT Peaceful Revolution Network
A barter organization uses XAT units as an alternative to money to purchase goods and services. Writings on the history of money and a Journey guide.
Random Indian Recipes:-
- Pulao
First clean and wash rice.drain all water and keep aside for 1 hour. Cut vegetables in shape as you want. Grate coconut and extract coconut juice with warm water. In a cooker pan take 4 tbsp ghee or oil. to this add cloves,dalchini and pepper. Then add chopped green chillies and onions .fry till onion is brown in colour. Now add rice and saute it for ... - Puranpoli
In a big bowl take maida,oil,salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and add enough water to make soft dough. Keep aside for 30 min. In a pan boil dal till soft. Remove extra water and add ... - Apple Kheer
In a cup of warm milk mix the cornflour finely. In a another pan take milk,cornflour milk and sugar. Allow to boil on low flame for 20 min. Peel and grate the apples. Add immediately into boiling milk. Allow to cook for 4-5 min on low flame. Lastly add elaichi powder. Remove from heat. Garnish with kaju badam pista pieces. Apple kheer is ready to serve. - Undhiyo
Mix all above muthia ingredients in a bowl and knead dough without using water. Make small balls and deep fry in oil till golden and keep aside. Make pieces of all vegetables. Mix all masala ingredient and apply to chopped vegetables. In a cooker heat one bowl oil and fry whole red chilly.ajwain and hing. Now pour all vegetables in tadka and fry again for 2-3 min. Add 1-2 cup of water and cover the cooker. Allow to cook on low flame for 30-40 min. Allow cooker to cool. Now add fried muthias and mix well. Undhiyo is ready. - Lasun Chakli
In a mixing bowl take rice flour,besan, dry lasun chatni,carom seeds,sesame seeds,sugar and salt. Heat two cups of water in a deep pan and add one tbsp of oil and bring it to boil. Add the flour mixture into the hot water. stir continuously on low flame. Cook till the mixture gets a dough consistency. Remove from the heat. cover and allow to cool for ten minutes. Heat sufficient oil in a kadai. Knead the dough finely. Put a portion of ... - Bangda Fish Curry
Clean the pieces. apply salt and 1/2 tsp turmeric powder. Keep aside for 30 min. On hot tava fry urid dal for a min. Then in a mixture take fresh coconut,onion,red mirchi powder,turmeric powder,urid dal,methi seeds,coriander seeds and black pepper. Make fine paste using enough water. In a pan ... - Kheema
First cook kheema in pressure cooker with little water. Make onion paste and chop tomato and coriander leaves. In kadai heat oil and fry onion paste for 2 min. Then add ginger garlic paste and fry for some time. Now add chopped tomato and again fry for 2 min. Add red chilly powder, ... - Egg Kheema
Grate eggs and chop onion,tomato and coriander leaves. Heat butter in a pan and add chopped onion and saute it till golden brown. Add green chilly ginger garlic paste,mirchi powder,dhania jeera powder, garam masala powder,turmeric powder and saute for few seconds. Now add chopped tomatoes and salt. saute it till oil seperates. Lastly add grated eggs and chopped coriander leaves to it and stir it for 5 minutes on low flame. Egg kheema is ready. ... - Stuffed Bangda
First clean the bangda.remove eyes and tail. Give cuts on stomach both the side. Apply lemon juice and little salt.keep aside for 10 min. In a bowl take red chilly powder,turmeric,ginger paste,tamarind pulp and salt. Mix well and apply this chutney to bangda. fill chutney also in stomach. Keep aside for 20 min. Dip bangda in rice flour and fry in hot oil on mid. flame. Stuffed bangda is ready. - Smoke Chicken
First clean the chicken and apply ginger garlic paste,curd,salt and red colour and keep aside for 1 hour. After one hour in a pan take 2 tbsp oil and fry onion for 4-5 min. Add red chilly powder,turmeric powder and fry for one min. Now pour marinated chicken in pan and allow to cook. When oil started to seperate from the mixture add garam masala powder. Burn koyla on gas. When koyla burn fully put this koyla in ...