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

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Calvert, 28, 29

Canon, 17

Capitalism

frustration targeted against, 2

respect for virtues of, 86

Carpet bombing , 69

CCC principles, see Clean Clothes Campaign principles

CEPAA, see Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency

CERES, see Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies

CERO, see Chief ethics and risk officer

Certification, third-party, 158

Chemical Restrictions Compliance Commitment, 156

Chevron, 15

ChevronTexaco, monitoring of environmental risk by, 84

Chief ethics and risk officer (CERO), 105, 109, 127, 136, 178

Child labor, 119, 147

China

factories in, western quality demands from, 132

Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in, 16

market in, newly liberalized, 17

national labor and safety laws in, 20

Three Gorges dam project in, 55

Chiquita

code of conduct, 132

developing labor markets, 135

ethical performance, 217

market campaigning, 3

recycling policies, 132

Christian Center for Socially Responsible Investment, 30

CIVs, see Criteria, indicators and verifiers

Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) principles, 251

Clipboard-and-checklist monitors , 190

Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies (CERES), 227

Global Reporting Initiative, 84

principles, 117

Coca-Cola, 78

activist pressure on, 44

bottle recalled in Europe, 48

cases brought against, 93

growth rates, 16

Code(s) of conduct, 18

aspirational , 113, 114, 118

Chiquita, 132

corporate, 110

failure of company, 64

Code of conduct, choosing of aspirational, 113 “125

combining corporate value statement and company code of ethical conduct, 119 “125

HP combined aspirational and company code of conduct, 121 “125

Northern Telecom s code of conduct, 120 “121

ILO, 114 “115

pros and cons of aspirational codes, 118 “119

UN Global Compact, 115 “118

CERES principles, 117

CSR Europe, 117 “118

Codes and standards, building awareness and support for, 175 “179

Company(ies), see also specific company

achievements, 234

auditing, 184

codes of conduct, failure of, 64

extended supply chain, 231

harmonization, 183

infractions, under-reporting of, 206

initiatives, 100

liabilities, creation of by small service contractors, 50

monitors, training of, 195

motivation, 128

-run universities, 190

self-assessment, 138

stamp of approval, 139

“supplier relationship, levels, 46 “48

value statement, 8

Companies behaving badly , 59 “72

coming clean, 66 “67

denial, obfuscation, and half-baked measures, 60 “63

early efforts, 64

explosion of SEAAR movement, 70 “71

failure of company codes of conduct, 64 “66

mandatory versus voluntary debate, 71 “72

social and environmental reporting, 67 “69

Company self-assessment example, 293 “306

action plans, 305 “306

economic, 301 “304

communications, 304

objectives and targets, 302

people, 302 “303

policy, 301

results, 303 “304

environment, 293 “297

communications, 296 “297

objectives and targets, 294 “295

people, 295

policy, 293 “294

results, 296

social, 297 “300

communications, 300

objectives and targets, 298

people, 299

policy, 297 “298

results, 299 “300

Competitive dialectic, 40

Compliance issues, 213 “224

case study, 217 “219

moving beyond compliance to self- sustaining continuous improvement, 217 “224

ConocoPhillips, monitoring of environmental risk by, 84

Consultants, 207

Continuous improvement, self-sustaining, 217

Convention on the Rights of the Child, 143

CoOp, 216

Co- Operative Bank, 77

Cooperative development process, 176

Corporate accounting fraud, 81, 87

Corporate code of conduct, 110

Corporate corruption, 80

Corporate ethics and risk management framework, 109 “112

Corporate free speech, 227

Corporate Responsibility Index, 26

Corporate scandals, 5

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), 7

Anglo/European drive toward, 88

British cabinet-level position dedicated to, 76

campaign- related organizations, 208

commitment to, 5

companies boasting of, 45

consultancy, 226

corporate philanthropy touted as, 6, 264

debate, focus of, 110

different views of meaning of, 85

eroding public confidence in, 2

gap in perception of in United Kingdom and United States, 80

George W. Bush initiative for, 81

programs, SEAAR-based, 74

schism , 7, 84

transfunctional thinking, 233

Corporate sustainability reporting, 69

Corporate taxation , 87

Corporate value statement, 119

Corporate watchdogs , 22

Corporation, global, 9

CorpWatch

green Oscars, 87

Greenwash Awards, 25

Cosmair, recycling program, 190

Council of Economic Priorities, 69

Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency (CEPAA), 142

Criteria, indicators and verifiers (CIVs), 162

CSR, see Corporate Social Responsibility

CSR Europe, 74

benchmarking standards, 118

creation of, 117

Customer Relationship Management, 34