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      Cheney gets violent reception in Sydney

      Posted by Shemuses from Globe and Mail

      Protesters are preparing another rally against U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney after violent clashes with police on Thursday led to 10 arrests. Mr. Cheney arrived in Australia on Thursday to thank the country, which is one of Washington's staunchest supporters in the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq. Ten people were arrested after about 200

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    • Corporate social responsibility and reputation

      Posted by SoxFirst

      Significant news that Microsoft has overtaken Johnson & Johnson and topped the Reputation Quotient survey. The research was done before the Vista debacle but it doesn't matter anyway. Respondents were more interested in the philanthropy of Bill Gates than in whether Microsoft's products were any good.

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    • Green Light Red Light Districts?

      Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee

      The often fatal dangers of the sex trade packed papers on both sides of the Atlantic last week as court officials parsed potential jurors for the Robert Pickton trial in New Westminster and the strangled bodies of five prostitutes were discovered in an English suburb.

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    • The responsibilities of corporate social responsibility

      Posted by SoxFirst

      Some surprises in the latest breakdown of the world's best corporate citizens. The list prepared by the Reputation Institute, which based its findings of a survey 30,000 citizens around the world has Wal-Mart right at the top, followed by McDonalds and Microsoft. Studies like this show up some of the problems with corporate social responsibility.

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    • Interview with Lord Michael Hastings

      Posted by SoxFirst

      An exclusive interview with Lord Michael Hastings, the man who headed up the BBC’s corporate social responsibility unit and who now works as KPMG's international director of corporate citizenship, when he is not sitting in the House of Lords. In this interview, Lord Hastings explains how business can make the world a better place and he warns of dire consequences if it doesn’t.

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    Cheney gets violent reception in Sydney

    Obama’s comments on Australia’s prime minister were hilarious. I doubt Cheney will absorb much feedback. He’s not that kind of guy.

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    7:29 pm 2/22/07
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