Firms must speak up for human rights

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Reebok has shown its commitment for workers' human rights by supporting efforts to work for the release of Dita Indah Sari. Sari, a prominent labor organizer of Indonesia, was arrested in Jul 1996 after a confrontation between laborers and the army. Reebok, with its commitment to workers' rights, including the right to organize, has recognized that adhering to human-rights issues in the workplace improved worker morale and fostered a positive image among stakeholders, shareholders and consumers.

Other Footwear Manufacturing, Personnel administration, Multinational Corporations, Athletic Footwear ex Canvas, Management, Human resource management, International business enterprises, Social policy, Athletic shoes, Employee rights, Athletic shoe industry, Reebok International Ltd.

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Chartered, Lucent team up

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Lucent Technologies Inc. and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. plan to jointly invest $700 million over five years to develop new techniques to manufacture future generations of communications chips. The firms announced that the partnership intends to develop and make chips that contain up to six times as many transistors as chips currently being produced.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Product development, Integrated & Hybrid Circuits, Semiconductor industry, Lucent Technologies Inc., LU, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Inc.

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Venture launched in Batam

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Article explaining how Heshe Holdings Ltd., a listed Singaporean firm, and Citramas Group, an Indonesian company, launched a S$12 million (US$7.2 million) venture to create 15 ready-to-lease factories in an industrial estate.

Organizational history, Brief Article, Investments, Heshe Holdings Ltd., Citramas Group

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