2006
  No.7
ABOUT US

The Edmund Rice Business Ethics Initiative, launched in 1991, exists to promote a conversation between business and the community on values and ethics: promoting life humanly in our businesses, our communities, our planet. It aims to create a space where these issues can be discussed and researched in mutually supportive ways. It seems to promote better communication for the sake of better outcomes for us all.

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Codes, codes and more codes
Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) will be bighting soon. (Australian, 11/7 p. 24) The next annual filing of some 1200 non US companies capitalised at more than $US75m with US regulators will have to comply with the reporting requirements of SOX.

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Pharmaceuticals ... again
Swiss drug firm Roche has been accused of breaching the industry code of conduct by inviting doctors to lavish meals in some of Sydney's top restaurants. (Australian, 21/7, p. 1)

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Whistle-blowing in the wind...
Telstra's procurement processes have come in for criticism from the Federal Opposition. Senator Conroy (Labor, VIC) tabled documents leaked from Telstra which gave details of Alcatel's poor performance and overcharging and yet has received a $3.4b fibre networking contract from Telstra.

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Ratings vs. Responsibilities

The now infamous “turkey slapping’ incident on the Big Brothers television program raises a number of ethical issues.
Michael Walsh

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  Viola Korczak
» Ethics -- the practical realities
» Sustainability 3.0 -- The Innovation Imperative
··Codes, codes and more codes
··Pharmaceuticals ... again
··Whistle-blowing in the wind...
··Ratings vs. Responsibilities
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