H.B. Fuller: a different record home and abroad

Article Abstract:

The H.B. Fuller Co's actions in Latin America do not match its long-time record for corporate social responsibility. The company's has responded inadequately to charges that Latin American street children used its solvent-based shoe glue as a narcotic. It has also sold lead-based paints, banned in the US because the paint has been shown to cause pediatric brain damage, as recently as 1995 in Central America. The company has also sold pentachlorophenol-based pesticides there. The US government has opposed pentachlorophenol use and the World Hate Organization has warned that it is a carcinogen. Many Central American countries do not ban these substances but their marketing cannot be considered ethical in view of US findings.

Usage, Marketing, H.B. Fuller Co., FULL, Lead based paint, Lead based paints, Pentachlorophenol

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Cypress CEO takes on the Sisters of St. Francis(exchange of letters between T.J. Rodgers of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Sister Doris Gormley)

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Cypress Semiconductor Corp CEO considers the racial, ethnic and gender diversity of Cypress' board of directors unimportant to the management of the company. Responding to a letter from the Sisters of St. Francis' director of corporate social responsibility, he states that placing a diversity requirement upon the company's board would be immoral because it would inevitably decrease shareholders' returns on their investment by making Cypress less profitable. The Sister replies that diversity leads to fresh perspectives and increased profits.

Corporate directors, Demographic aspects, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., CY, Chief executive officers, Socially responsible investments, Workplace multiculturalism, Workplace diversity

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The challenge of TBL: a responsibility to whom?

Article Abstract:

Comprehensive details about the efficacy and advantages of triple bottom line theory (TBL) are presented. TBL theory is a reporting mechanism designed to insist businesses to pay closer attention to their commercial activities. It is developed by McGraw-Hill book publishing organization to measure the social, economic and environmental performance of business.

Australia, Management dynamics, Venture Analysis, Management, Economics, Business enterprises, Company business management, Economic theory

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