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Article

10 Jul 2004

Author:
Nic Paton, Guardian [UK]

Will big firms clean up their act or play dirty? In the first of a two-part report, Nic Paton looks at the growth in ethical reporting and asks if anyone is the wiser or if it is just the new corporate smokescreen for bad behaviour

...nowadays, with the internet making it easier for information about employers - good and bad - to be flashed around the globe and greater awareness among employees about their rights, businesses...have to recognise their impact on, and responsibility towards, the communities in which they operate. [refers to Exxon, Ricoh, BP, Ford]