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Hillier gets combat-ready for business world - Globe and Mail
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:58:26 -0000
Hillier gets combat-ready for business worldGlobe and Mail, Canada - 23 hours agoMore and more law firms are entering into these sorts of partnerships as law firms evolve from pushing paper to providing broader advice and expertise to ...
Firms' fury at planned rent hikes - Plymouth Evening Herald
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:12:54 -0000
Firms' fury at planned rent hikesPlymouth Evening Herald, UK - Jul 6, 2008Mr Graves said: “Maybe the initial rents were too low, but an increase from £11000 to £21000 a year is immoral and unethical. ...
When Is It Unethical To Consider A Job Offer From A Vendor? - InformationWeek
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:24:13 -0000
When Is It Unethical To Consider A Job Offer From A Vendor?InformationWeek, NY - 11 hours agoOn Monday, the Boston Globe reported that a former Cognos executive, who launched his own firm to sell Cognos software, allegedly offered Massachusetts' ...
How to recover excess bank charges - The Punch
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:45:19 -0000
How to recover excess bank chargesThe Punch, Nigeria - 6 hours agoHence, they describe these actions as unethical, seeing the way and manner banking transactions are being handled. In view of this development, ...
Beware: Stolen vehicles on sale - ThisDay
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:20:57 -0000
Beware: Stolen vehicles on saleThisDay, United Republic of Tanzania - 21 hours agoMeanwhile, some established car dealership firms in the city have also spoken out against the trend of importing and selling stolen vehicles, saying it only ...
‘Tea supply chain colonial’ - The Statesman
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:33:56 -0000
‘Tea supply chain colonial’The Statesman, India - 8 hours agoUpon inquiry, officials in the Iraq government had confided to the minister that one of the underlying reasons for delayed or no payment was unethical ...

 

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Economy: Report on Chevron - Alleges human rights abuses and complicity in killing Nigerian civilians, calling on World Bank to discriminate in its investments.

Attention: Insurance Alert! - Criticizes Aviva Insurance Group for a history of deception, unpaid claims of its Holocaust-era subsidiaries, and suspicious name change.
Meta Description: [ Suspect name change, unpaid Holocaust-era claims of UK based CGU - affiliates in Canada, USA. Commercial Union controlled many WWII-era subsidiaries ]

BAE Systems - Criticizes Europe's largest arms exporter as greedy and a supporter of dictatorships.
Meta Description: [ BAE Systems : the best ways of killing people money can buy. ]

Baker Book House - Describes lawyer's harassment of a website legally publishing thousands of public-domain and permission-granted texts, alleging somewhere among them were some unspecified texts with permission granted improperly.
Meta Description: [ A discussion on the Marburg Colloquy. A source of information for deeper understanding of religious subjects. ]

Blue Hippo info - Explains why this financing firm is a rip-off, suggests alternatives.

Canadian Airlines Retirees Class Action Against Air Canada - 1500 Canadian Airlines retirees fight to have Air Canada reinstate their travel benefits.

CNN Money - Special: Scandal, Inc. - Ongoing news and analysis about assorted corporations, executives and court cases.
Meta Description: [ Full coverage of one of the biggest business conspiracies ever - Enron on Trial. Skilling, Ken Lay, Enron verdict. ]

Committee on Commerce Tobacco Documents - Tobacco industry documents subpoenaed from the Council for Tobacco Research, Brown Williamson, Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds Tobacco, Lorillard Tobacco, and the Tobacco Institute.
Meta Description: [ The House Committee on Energy and Commerce :: Welcome, The House Committee on Energy and Commerce :: Welcome ]

Critical Shareholders Organization - English version of German activist site that publishes information about firms they've found that violate human rights or basic environmental practices.

Dow Jones - Parody site created by RTMark that focuses on the Bhopal controversy.
Meta Description: [ The Dow Chemical Company is a global science and technology based company that develops and manufactures a portfolio of chemical, plastic and agricultural products and services for customers in 168 countries around the world. With annual sales of more than $18 billion, Dow conducts its operations... ]

FAIR - News Corp / Fox - Ongoing collection of reports on bias by Fox News. By the media watch group Fairness Accuracy in Reporting.

False Advertising by The Bosley Medical Institute - 10 things you should know about The Bosley Medical Group. From Attorney General's consumer protection lawsuit, medical board violations, consumer oriented site.
Meta Description: [ Attorney General's consumer protection lawsuit against the Bosley Medical Group. Medical board violations, Consumer Protection Division and Dateline NBC findings. Consumer oriented site. ]

General Dynamics and TRW - Senate investigations called it a Multi-billion dollar boondogle. Lengthy U.S. Senate transcript shows a few details of defense industry unethical profits.

500 GreenZap Scam - Alleges that this online payment processor is not all it appears to be.
Meta Description: [ One of the greater scams of the decade will be GreenZap.com! A so-called payment processor launched early 2005, GreenZap.com has claimed to be the Paypal-killer. My foot! After doing some research on GreenZap, I have found it to be nothing but a scam! Read this site as I track the progress on thi... ]

Guardian - The Cookbook Any Firm Can Follow - States that AOL paid a $3.5 million penalty to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the government financial watchdog, to settle charges that bear a close similarity to those in the WorldCom case.

Home Depot Sucks - Opposition to the retail chain for sourcing and selling old growth lumber. Company claims they will phase out this lumber by 2002. Also has customer/employee horror stories and links to other anti-HD websites.
Meta Description: [ Home Depot is sourcing and selling old growth lumber. Home Depot sells Redwood lumber probably from the Pacific Northwest. Stop clearcutting our rainforest. ]

How I Sued PayPal And Won - Federal judge found Legal Disputes section of PayPal's User Agreement substantively unconscionable.
Meta Description: [ Sue PayPal in Small Claims court without an attorney. ]

Huntingdon Life Science Protest - Documentation of this international firm's violation of laws in using animals for testing.
Meta Description: [ Huntingdon Life Sciences Information Website. ]

International Paper Hall of Shame - OSHA, EPA, and Clean Air Act Violations with pictures. From a union organizing site.
Meta Description: [ International Paper Co, international paper container division,International, Paper box co., international paper union, International paper lexington plant union homepage, PACE International Union, International Paper Box Factory Union organizing web site for the International Paper lexington... ]

Jumpstart Ford - Campaign to tell Ford Motor Company to manufacturing the most fuel-inefficient cars in America and stop fueling America's oil addiction and global warming.

LeaseComm - Dedicated to informing about Leasecomm, its business practices and its legal troubles.
Meta Description: [ Dedicated to informing and defending the legions of victims that have fallen prey to Leasecomm/Microfinancial and their unscrupulous Partners ]

404 Liz Claiborne: Sweatshop Production in El Salvador - Archived documentation and links by the National Labor Committee about abusive factories that produce Liz Claiborne clothing.
Meta Description: [ The National Labor Committee in Support of Human & Worker Rights ]

Made in China - National Labor Committee report on the role of various U.S. and multinational contractors in the People's Republic of China, describing factory working and living conditions, imprisonment of labor activists, and other abuses.
Meta Description: [ The National Labor Committee in Support of Human & Worker Rights ]

Mitsubishi! - Tracks Mitsubishi group's activities, focusing on workplace discrimination, consumer complaints, and environmental issues.
Meta Description: [ Mitsubishi Galant, Lancer Evolution Evo, Eclipse, Outlander, Endeavor cars recalls, problems, complaints, televisions, tvs, racial/gender age discrimination sucks!!! ]

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.

404 Murderous U.S. Judges - Alleges that AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin and US Federal Judge James M. Ideman conspired to murder filmmaker Gyorgy Fodor. Sign a petition to President Bush. Place a bet to win a bribe. [Note: Some disturbing photos.]
Meta Description: [ Find out why AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin and U.S. Federal Judge James M. Ideman conspired to murder filmmaker Gyorgy Fodor. Sign a petition to President Bush. Place a bet to win a bribe! Some disturbing photos. ]

New York City Transit - Subways, buses and general transportation in and around the city of New York.
Meta Description: [ Who is responsible for the actions of a public authority? Governor Pataki ]

Notice to the Public Regarding GothCon - Alleges that GothCon is not supporting the charities it claims it is.

Oil is Thicker than Blood - The role of oil company Talisman Energy (formerly British Petroleum Canadia) and co-conspirators in genocide taking place in Sudan.
Meta Description: [ Oil has far greater importance to corporate capitalism than even the most basic human rights, as evidenced by the activities of oil companies such as Canadian Talisman Energy in the Sudan. Huge expenditures on public relations image cannot hide evidence ]

Plastic - Pepsi Pulls Rank At Oregon High School - A high school cheerleader hits upon the idea of selling bottled water at sports games, with labels bearing her school logo. But her plan runs into trouble when Pepsi gets wind of it. With news and reader comments.

Pressler and Pressler - Discusses questionable conduct of a collection firm and shows how to deal with it.
Meta Description: [ Defeat Pressler & Pressler and New Century Financial Services! ]

500 Report Scams Here - The scam message board allows consumers to post their bad experiences and inform the public.
Meta Description: [ Message board for posting various scams. Powered by VBulletin. ]

404 San Francisco Bay Guardian - Chevron's Dirty Hands - Chevron Oil has admitted it paid and transported Nigerian military and police troops who shot and killed unarmed Nigerian activists peacefully protesting on one of the company's offshore oil rigs.

ScamFraudAlert - Discussion board covering varied topics such as financial fraud, consumer issues and alleged internet scams.
Meta Description: [ Discussion Board covering varied topics such as Internet Security, Financial Fraud, Consumer Issues and Alleged Internet Scams. ]

ServiceMaster Consumer Issues - Information about ServiceMaster and its subsidiaries including lawsuits, governmental investigations, employee comments, and consumer complaints.
Meta Description: [ Information about ServiceMaster, the parent company of Terminix, that potential investors, employees, and consumers are not likely getting from ServiceMaster, the media, or brokerage houses. ]

Six Firms Added to Saipan Sweatshop Lawsuit - Levi Strauss, Calvin Klein, Brooks Brothers, Abercrombie Fitch, The Talbots and Woolrich added to a class-action lawsuit alleging sweatshop conditions in factories in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Meta Description: [ Six Firms Added to Saipan Sweatshop Lawsuit - Levi Srauss, Calvin Klein, Brooks Brothers, Abercrombie and Fitch, Talbots - Brief Article from Bobbin in Array provided free by LookSmart Find Articles. ]

Sony Anti Environmental Efforts - A leaked document shows Sony has been monitoring environmental activists for the purpose of undercutting their pressure to reduce toxic waste in the manufacturing of electronics.
Meta Description: [ a leaked document shows that sony has been monitoring environmental advocacy groups in order to stop their international campaign to hold electronics manufacturers responsible for their toxic waste., A leaked document shows Sony Corp. has been monitoring environmental activists who are waging an ... ]

500 State Farm Sucks - Links to protest, news, and consumer educational sites about the USA mutual, bank, insurance, and annuities conglomerate.

Stop Waste Management - Documents allegations against Waste Management Inc. (also known as WMI, WMX, Chem Waste, and other names), including environmental degradation, racism, and bribery. Includes text of a book by Charles Cray.
Meta Description: [ a source of information on the environmental degradation, racism, bibery, corruption, aquifer and water destruction, toxics and nuclear irresponsibility, abd Superfund evasion of Waste Management Inc. (also known as WMI, WMX, Waste Management International, Chemical Waste Management, Chem Waste, ... ]

Sue Paypal - Complaints against Paypal and eBay.

Tell on Apple - Site by a group of former Apple Computer Authorized Resellers suing the company for fraud, breach of contract, unfair competition and false advertising.
Meta Description: [ TellOnApple.org was created by a group of former Apple Authorized Resellers as a means to share and communicate the illegal, immoral and unethical business practices of Apple Computer, Inc. ]

The China Lobby's Campaign for Two-Way Trade with China - Article lists the 20 largest US corporations giving soft political money to push for China's Most Favored Nation status and admission to the WTO. [Multinational Monitor]

Tobacco from Spain - A UK customer site warning of the pitfalls of purchasing cigarettes and tobacco via the Internet (particularly tobaccofromspain.com), from other EU countries. Links to similar sites.
Meta Description: [ A UK site warning of the pitfalls of ordering tobacco and cigarettes via the Internet. ]

Topsites LLC and MyDirectory LLC - An investigation into misleading renewal notice spam for the Topsites.us web directory, including traffic analysis and background business details.
Meta Description: [ Topsites scam: Topsites.us, Topsitez.us, Topsites-us.com, Www-topsites.com, Top-site.net and TopsitesUSA.com Bogus "Renewal" Notices ]

University of Phoenix Sucks - Read student opinions and experiences.
Meta Description: [ Get the facts BEFORE you enroll! News, Blogs, Forums, and More! Find out what UOP doesn't want you to know! ]

UNUM Provident Crime - Follow an ongoing citizen's racketeering suit against UNUM Provident.
Meta Description: [ UNUM Provident insurance company cheats the disabled, leaving them destitute and suicidal. ]

Virgin Air Crew Lies - Claims of abuse and harassment of passengers by Virgin Atlantic Airways flight attendants.
Meta Description: [ Virgin Altlantic Airways - Aircrew liars ]

Who's Who Historical Society - Tells about the practices of the Who's Who Historical Society, a company of Gibraltar Publishing: What they promise, how they recruit members, what the results of membership are and how they try to prevent members from cancelling their membership.