Articles > Popular publications > PR Newswire press releases > January-March 2004 > Monday, January 12

Article: PACE Union President Asks for United Nations Investigation of DuPont and Its Exclusion from Global Compact.

Article from:
PR Newswire
Article date:
January 12, 2004
Copyright

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter to United Nations General Secretary Kofi A. Annan, President Boyd Young of the Paper, Allied- Industrial, Chemical, and Energy Workers International Union (PACE) asked the UN to conduct an investigation into the labor practices of E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Inc and that the company be excluded from the UN's Global Compact based on the investigation.

"We do not believe that the United Nations should be used as a cover for unscrupulous employers such as DuPont," said Young in the letter.

The Global Compact was launched at UN headquarters in New York on July 26, 2000. DuPont, along with other ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: Investment houses endorse assessing businesses on social, ...
M2 Presswire;  June 25, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... environmental performance, at United Nations Global Compact Summit; Stock exchanges ... summit meeting of the United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations ... said, noting that the United Nations Global Compact offered "special ...

Article: Capitalism with a human face: the UN Global ...
The Journal of Corporate Citizenship;  December 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... platform in this regard is the United Nations Global Compact. However, the role of ... not against it. * UN Global Compact * Corporate responsibility ... General Assembly 2005; UN Global Compact and Global Public Policy ...

Article: Silent reform through the Global ...
UN Chronicle;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... are exposing the United Nations system to the management ... efforts is the United Nations Global Compact, the largest voluntary ... first century. The Global Compact marks a radical step forward for the United Nations. Ten years ago ...

Article: Fujitsu Joins United Nations Global ...
ACN Newswire;  December 15, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... that it became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact on December 9. By upholding the ... sustainable society. About the United Nations Global Compact The United Nations Global Compact was proposed by former UN Secretary ...

Article: At London meeting with corporate leaders, Secretary-General ...
M2 Presswire;  June 26, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Secretary-General describes proposal for `Global compact' with United Nations (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD ... world's business leaders to enter into a Global Compact with the United Nations. My aim was to find a way for business ...

Article: United Nations Global Compact to ...
Business Wire;  November 11, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... actions advance the United Nations' vision of a ... financial center, the Global Compact Summit: China ... ABOUT THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT: Launched by United Nations Secretary-General ... 2000, the UN Global Compact brings business ...

Article: European Savings Banks Group adheres to United ...
M2 Presswire;  January 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Savings Banks Group adheres to United Nations Global Compact principles(C)1994-2006 ... officially became a participant to the United Nations Global Compact initiative. The United Nations Global Compact principles were launched by UN ...

Article: Opportunities and risks of the United Nations ...
The Journal of Corporate Citizenship;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... valuesbased management. By introducing the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and rooting it in internationally ... responsibility ********** From Global Compact theory ... THE UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT (UNGC) IS A SOCIAL CONTRACT (CONTRAT ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives