Ethics in business 10C by https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu Add a picture of an MNC being ethical OR un-ethical en-us 2018-06-21 11:11:35 UTC 2026-02-03 17:14:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Starbucks Recycling Paper Cups https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268292546 Starbucks now use recycled paper to make their coffee cups ☕️ DB]]> 2018-06-23 14:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268292546 https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268293586 Mo]]> 2018-06-23 14:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268293586 JG https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268505692 In 2005, the International Labour Rights Fund filed a lawsuit against Nestle’s cocoa industry due to the report that 3 Malian children were forced into slavery and experienced frequent harassment in the cocoa plantation.]]> 2018-06-25 19:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268505692 Wateraid https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268630923 Since 1981 WaterAid reached out to 25.8 million people with clean water and 25.1 million with adequate toilets. JN]]> 2018-06-26 17:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268630923 mc https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268863046 2018-06-28 13:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268863046 Kellogg’s have food bank locations over the world ..CL https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268894798 2018-06-28 18:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268894798 https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268902654 Chinese Amazon factories have been found to be violating several human rights eg. inadequate safety training & no sick pay. HS]]> 2018-06-28 20:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/268902654 Nestle - MTL kaoticbeast https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/269039815
Usually, the workers are immigrants, brought in from Thailand’s even poorer neighbors Myanmar (Burma) and Cambodia. For the privilege of a Thai job, they are charged an illegal fee and trapped into working within the fishing industry to pay off heavy debt.

A Burmese worker describes their working conditions: “Sometimes, the net is too heavy and workers get pulled into the water and just disappear. When someone dies, he gets thrown into the water.”
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Primark's code of conduct says wages would be "enough to meet basic needs and to provide discretionary income".
Workers in Bangladesh claim to be paid as little as £19.42 a month – half a "living wage" of £39.74. War on Want says they cannot afford nutritious food, decent housing or adequate healthcare
Hours
Primark's code says "workers shall not be required to work in excess of 48 hours per week" and overtime must be voluntary.
Workers say they work up to 14 hours a day, six days a week. Overtime is "mandatory." The average week is 70 hours. Workers are "exhausted and malnourished"
Conditions
Primark says factories must provide a "safe and hygienic" working environment, clean toilets and potable water.
Workers say there is no safe drinking water and toilets are dirty
Abuse
The code bans physical and verbal abuse and sexual or other harassment.
Women say they suffer physical and verbal abuse for enquiring about pay and overtime.]]> 2018-07-04 17:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/269396849 N.I https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/269398137 About Ethics at L’Oréal
A company’s behavior is as important as its economic performance or the quality of its products. L'Oréal was built on strong ethical principles that guide its development and contribute to building its reputation: Integrity, Respect, Courage and Transparency. These principles are namely the foundation of the Group's policies in terms of compliance, responsible innovation, environmental stewardship, social and societal responsibility, and philanthropy. L’Oréal’s ambition is to be an exemplary company worldwide and integrate ethics into the very heart of its business practices.
- In 2000, L’Oréal was one of the first companies in France to establish a Code of Ethics and to appoint, in 2007, a Chief Ethics Officer.
- In 2008, L’Oréal’s Chairman and CEO, Jean-Paul Agon, received the prestigious Stanley C. Pace Leadership in Ethics Award. 
- In 2014, L’Oréal launched the 3rd edition of its Code of Ethics, which is now available in 45 languages and in Braille in English and in French, as well as a new ethics e-learning in 22 languages. 
- In 2015, L’Oréal’s Senior Vice-President and Chief Ethics Officer, Emmanuel Lulin, received the prestigious Carol. R. Marshall Innovation in Ethics Award
- In 2017, L’Oréal received the Transparency Grand Prix for its Code of Ethics (Grand Prix de la Transparence – Charte Éthique). It is the first time that this prize was awarded.
- L’Oréal is a Global Compact LEAD company, one of the 100 companies included in the Global Compact 100 stock index, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, an initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact and supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 
- L’Oréal organizes an annual Ethics Day where employees from around the world can chat online with L’Oréal’s Chairman and CEO and their country General Manager about ethics]]> 2018-07-04 17:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/269398137 Greggs fairtrade https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/269448012 Fair trade supports farmers in 3rd world countries instead of rich farmers so that people in 3rd world countries can get out of poverty S]]> 2018-07-05 07:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/woodmanseym/ixs41s8o6iu/wish/269448012