An ethics and compliance policy is the foundation of your company's ethics and compliance program. Without a well written policy, your ethics and compliance program is bound to fail.Is your company's ethics and compliance policy working for or against you? Some companies have written ethics and compliance policies that resemble university textbooks. If this is the case, how can you, as an employer, expect your employees to read...more
Members of a non denominational church in Gainesville, Florida which goes by the rather unlikely name the Dove World Outreach Centre have vowed to burn the Koran the Muslim holy book on 9/11, its Pastor the fiery Terry Jones known for his strong anti- Islam beliefs (He authored Islam is of the evil) has exhorted Americans to burn a Koran in every home in America every year on this day to show their condemnation of the terrorist...more
There are a lot of companies that have made a name for themselves in recent years for becoming more ethical such as fair trade food and clothing but many people are unsure about what this means and have the misconception that because these items are fairtrade it may mean them costing more for us consumers. In reality there are many aspects to fairtrade and ethical trading that the public may not be aware of so below is a brief history of fairtrade practices and how they are helping people all over the world to thrive.In the past many natural resources such as food items and cotton which forms the basis of many clothing items is farmed from countries such as South America, Africa and India and in the past the temptation for some companies has been to pay these farmers the least they can get away with which had led to exploitation of workers in these developing countries where low pay and care for employees resulted in poor conditions for the workers that the clothing industry in fact relied heavily upon.The fair trade movement hasn't merely been about increasing the pay these workers receive, obviously they are now able to get paid a truly fair wage for their work but...more
Affiliate marketing is a very hot topic on the web right now. Not surprising when you consider the fact that a vast majority of successful online entrepreneurs make their money from affiliate schemes and programs. Since the early days when Amazon was being set up and founder, Jeff Bezos was establishing affiliates as key marketing tools for any...more
The prices of gold and oil in the international trade pulled back to their normal price range after both the Hezbollah guerrillas and the Israel troops agreed to the suspension of hostilities in Middle East last Monday. The oil price per barrel on ICE Brent declined to as low as $1.81 to $73.82. Meanwhile, the New York Mercantile Exchange WTI slid...more
The overall economics of most Americans is in such a dire with the high cost of gas, huge unemployments well as the crumbling condition of Medicare and Medicaid. It is also a time where corporation presidents overwhelming self greed made them forget... the little people who they were intrusted to look out for. So it is with a very pleasant surprise to come across a small Georgia company president Charles Myrick of ACIRX, that is determined to help the people of the world instead of just standing by looking.It started out as a question in November 2004, that later turned out to be a plea." Is there anything that can help my people with their medications?" This was a question from a director over 13 mostly rural counties in Georgia. A service,health, entertainment and shopping online site were first enhanced at http://www.acirx.com where people could come to one site for assistance. American Consultants Rx Inc. (ACIRX) was also born as a community service project of American Consultants Inc., an agency that brokers in insurance and services across the country. It consisted of a discount prescription card program that would be donated free of charge to the heads of non-profit...more
This is the ninth article of the series: "The Foreigner woman in Bible versus Quran" In the previous articles (1-8), we have seen that in Language, the "foreign" woman is the alien or the exotic or the outsider woman. However, the...more
Camping is a great recreational activity and each experience is always different from the last. In order to preserve the beauty of the place, there are some ethics you have to practice even while camping in France.When you camping...more
THE PRACTICE OF SEO is ensuring a internet site is designed so that it can be well-indexed by search engines and ranks highly in search results for applicable questions. It is in the search engines' best interest for sites to be...more
Overview what is ethical fashion, why is it significant, and why are we just hearing about it now? Well, to answer these questions we start with what is wrong with clothing production today. Most clothing available in shops today is...more
Integrity in Business: Do You Have It?A business built without integrity is doomed. A business built without integrity will always be difficult to run because your customers won't like or return to you and nor will your staff.A business built with...more
In the unlikely setting of a small Caribbean isle a guest house proclaims itself to be the only totally vegan residential establishment in a very wide region which includes the West Indies, Latin and South America. Indeed, The Lodge is...more