Enron in India: The Dabhol Disaster - CorpWatch
Jul 20, 2000 · How Enron built a controversial natural-gas plant in Dabhol, India, and faced protests, human rights violations and high costs. Read the report by Human Rights Watch and the response by Enron.
Spear Operations Group Accused of Training Yemeni Forces to …
Feb 14, 2024 · Spear Operations Group, a former Delaware-based security contractor, allegedly trained Yemeni forces to kill political and social activists on behalf of the UAE. The U.S. government has not investigated the company or its founders, despite human rights violations and war crimes allegations.
AFGHANISTAN: Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans
Mar 27, 2008 · With the award last January of a federal contract worth as much as nearly $300 million, the company, AEY Inc., which operates out of an unmarked office in Miami Beach, became the main supplier of munitions to Afghanistan's army and police forces. Since then, the company has provided ammunition that is more than 40 years old and in decomposing packaging, according to an examination of the ...
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Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk Sued Over Popular Diet Drugs
Mar 12, 2024 · Three new diabetes drugs have recently taken the world by storm: Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy – because they also help users lose weight. But in recent months over 50 lawsuits have been filed against Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, the drug makers, for alleged side effects such as stomach paralysis.. Mounjaro is the brand name used by Eli Lilly for tirzepatide, while Ozempic and Wegovy are the ...
US: 10 Enron Players: Where They Landed After the Fall
Jan 29, 2006 · This web page profiles 10 key figures in the Enron scandal, including its founders, finance chief, treasurer, and investor relations director. It describes their roles, crimes, and fates after the company's collapse in 2001.
Working Conditions in Sports Shoe Factories in China
Sep 1, 1997 · This report was produced by two non-governmental organizations in Hong Kong: the Asia Monitor Resource Centre and the Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee. During 1995 and again in 1997, we examined workers' rights and working conditions in the factories of five major subcontractors producing sports shoes in China: Yue Yuen, Nority International, KTP Holdings and Wellco.
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Oct 22, 2024 · Spills from Petroperú’s oil drilling have devastated the Marañón river in Peru for some 50 years. In order to tackle the pollution, a group of Kukama Indigenous women sued the government and Petroperú asserting that the river is a living entity with rights that should be …
The Global Compact: What It Is -- and Isn't - CorpWatch
Jan 17, 2001 · United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan first proposed the Global Compact in an address to the World Economic Forum on 31 January 1999. He challenged world business leaders to help build the social and environmental pillars required to sustain the new global economy and make globalization work for all the world's people.
Grey Market Drugs: Profiting from Poorly Managed U.S. Health Care
Jan 22, 2012 · The grey market is the unofficial, unauthorized market for drugs that are in short supply or high demand. Learn how pharmaceutical companies outsource production to contract manufacturers, and how scalpers buy up drugs and sell them at inflated prices to …