Supply Chain Imperative, The: How to Ensure Ethical Behavior in Your Global Suppliers

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GAAP, see Generally accepted accounting principles

Gap Inc., 25, 38, 214

code of conduct for supplier behavior, 53, 65

compliance- related issues, 66

freedom of association clause, 47

Garment industry, 53

GE, monitoring of environmental risk by, 84

GEMI, see Global Environmental Management Initiative

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), 4, 157, 230

General Motors, 78

company-run universities, 190

forces of globalization and, 90

ISO 14001 environmental standards certification required by, 54

General Specification for the Environment (GSE), 121, 122

Georgia Pacific, 25, 44

Global Alliance for Workers and Communities, 66 “67, 130

Global corporation, 9

Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI), 82, 137, 184

Globalization

arguments for and against, 22

external pressures of, 6

playing field leveled by, 90

pressures of, 129

process of, 12

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), 84, 87, 89, 116, 152

auditor selection advice from, 211

charter sponsor of, 208

cofounder of, 226

core features of, 228

framework, pros and cons of, 229 “232

initiation of, 227

report, 232

Global Sullivan Principles, 114

Gradient Index, 26, 154

Grant Thornton, 75

Green accounting, 77

Greenpeace, 150

campaigns by against retail giants, 25

mobilizing of public outrage, 24

GRI, see Global Reporting Initiative

Grocery chains, 43

Groupware, 244

GSE, see General Specification for the Environment

Guilt by association, 35