Perceptions of Commitment to Corporate Citizenship

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2. Commentary by Rushworth M. Kidder:

Is America Teaching Anti-Americanism to the World?

For as long as I've been reporting from abroad, I've noticed a subtle undercurrent of resistance to U.S. attitudes and ideas. But something is different these days. Somewhere along the way, old restraints of decorum have given way to a more bristling contempt for the United States....

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3. What They're Saying:

Protecting Public Servants

"We need to protect public servants who expose fraud and intentional misconduct. Court decisions in the last 10 years have eroded whistleblower protections, so that if you're a federal employee, you're often risking your job -- and the wrath of your superiors -- if you come forward with evidence of wrongdoing.''

-- U.S. Rep. Todd Platts (R-Pennsylvania), sponsor of a House bill to protect federal whistle-blowers. The Bush administration is fighting Platts' measure and a companion bill championed in the Senate by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)....

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4. Former Pentagon Official Admits Conspiracy, Fraud in Boeing Deals

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia

After admitting lying to investigators, concealing evidence, biasing multimillion-dollar contract awards, and secretly negotiating a new job with Boeing, former U.S. Air Force official Darleen Druyun was sentenced last week to nine months in prison....

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5. Parmalat Accuses U.S. Bank of Leading Firm into Fraud and Bankruptcy

PARIS

High-profile corporate scandals continued to claim their place on front pages last week, with European executives in Italy and France lodging appeals and cutting deals....

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6. "Financial Times" Asks Court to Reject Libel Case

LONDON

Hoping to head off a high-profile libel case, Britain's "Financial Times" last week asked the country's highest court to reject accusations that its reporting cost an investment bank nearly $450 million....

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7. Report Details Beneficiaries of Alleged Oil-for-Food Corruption

WASHINGTON

Alleged corruption in the United Nations-administered Oil-for-Food program with Iraq was detailed last week in a report from U.S. inspectors looking into Iraq's past dealings....

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8. Canadian Mine's Chinese Suitor Accused of Complicity in Human Rights Abuses

TORONTO

The "National Post" is reporting that China Minmetals Corp., the Chinese state-owned enterprise that wants to take over Canada's largest mining company, Noranda Inc., has been accused of complicity in human rights abuses in China....

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9. Despite Gains, U.K. Women Academics Still Face Inequities

LONDON

U.K. universities are failing to make the grade when it comes to giving equitable jobs and pay to women, the country's Association of University Teachers asserted in a new report released last week....

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10. Federal Do-Not-Call List Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON

The federal effort to muzzle telemarketers got the final green light last week when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging the Do-Not-Call list as a violation of telemarketers' free-speech rights....

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11. Research Report:

'Americans' Corporate Citizenship Expectations Continue to Rise'

From GolinHarris:

"Americans have serious and growing concerns about the depth and direction of corporate citizenship by the business community according to a national opinion survey by GolinHarris...."

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12. Quote from the Ethics File:

Your Duty

"Never mind your happiness; do your duty."

-- William Durant (U.S. educator and writer, 1885-1981)

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