Tutti i temi: Etica e sistemi di valori

30.03.2006 The Alternative Report by NGO War on Want is the first full exposé of Coca-Cola’s activities worldwide, and forms part of War on Want’s ongoing campaign for directors to be made liable for corporate wrongdoing. The report also focusses on the harm that communities have faced because of the company.

29.03.2006 Lëvizja Europiane në Bosnjë, duke ndjekur shembullin e “Lëvizjes Europiane” në Gjermani u themelua të hënën në Zavidovici, nga tetë OJF nga Bijeljina, Tuzla, Sekovici, Zepce, Zenica, Zavidovici, Vitez, Gracanica dhe Hadzici.

29.03.2006 The Youth Initiative for Human Rights submitted its request to the Serbian Skupstina (the Parliament) for urgent appointment of Citizens’ Advocate, an institution that would lay the ground for the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman.

29.03.2006 Promuovere uno standard di azienda socialmente responsabile, prendendo come fondamentale riferimento la proposta di Norme sui diritti umani per le imprese, pubblicate nel 2003 dalla sottocommissione per i diritti umani delle Nazioni Unite. È con questo scopo che ActionAid International, Amnesty International, Arci, Fondazione Culturale Responsabilità Etica, Mani Tese, Movimento Consumatori, Movimento difesa del cittadino e Ucodep hanno fondato l’associazione “Valore Sociale”. Valore Sociale si propone come punto di riferimento per le aziende che intendono avviare un percorso di certificazione, che garantisca l’adeguamento ai più elevati standard in materia di tutela dei diritti umani e dell’ambiente.

28.03.2006 The India Resource Center is urging delegates to the National Union of Students (NUS) in the UK to vote to end business relationships with the Coca-Cola company. The (NUS) is holding its Annual General Meeting in Blackpool from March 27-30, and the issue of whether to renew contracts with the Coca-Cola company is expected to be debated widely at the conference.

28.03.2006 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was crushed by an Israeli bulldozer aiming for a Palestinian home on March 16, 2003. Her powerful emails and journal entries have been transformed into a one-woman play, but political pressure might keep it from ever reaching a U.S. stage.

27.03.2006 Koalicija za participaciju žena i mladih u politici i ženske političke grupe uz potporu Grupe žena zastupnica Parlamenta Albanije podnijeli su Uredu Predsjednika Republike peticiju Alfredu Moisiuu, Jozefini Topalli, Predsjednici Parlamenta i čelnicima političkih stranaka peticiju kojom se izražava zabrinutost i zahtjev za većom predstavljenosti žena u albanskoj politici i procesima donošenja odluka.

27.03.2006 The Coalition for Women and Youth Participation in Politics and Women's political groups, with the support by the Group of Women Members of Parliament of Albania, submitted a petition to the Office of the President of the Republic Alfred Moisiu, Jozefina Topalli, the President of the Parliament, and the Leaders of Political Parties in Albania, expressing their concern and demanding greater representation of women in Albanian politics and decision-making processes.

24.03.2006 Transparency International e Kroacisë prezantoi dje, në shkollën publike të Velika Gorica, informacionin e grumbulluar mbi të ardhurat dhe shpenzimet e partive politike parlamentare në 2005. TI e Kroacisë gjithashtu paraqiti parimet bazë që duhet të aplikohet në financimin e fushatave të partive politike.

24.03.2006 People of Mehdiganj in north India have launched an indefinite vigil against a Coca-Cola bottling plant demanding that the plant be permanently shut down. Nearly five hundred community members set up a tent in front of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in the holy city of Varanasi and declared that they will carry on the protest until the plant is shut down.

24.03.2006 The Transparency International Croatia presented yesterday, at the Citizens’ Open School in Velika Gorica, the information it gathered on income and expenditures of parliamentary political parties in 2005. TI Croatia also presented the basic principles that should be applied to the financing of political parties and campaigns.

22.03.2006 Tonći Kožul, kolumnist portala Kulturpunkt razmatra proturječje koje nam otkriva na prvi pogled bezazleno spominjanje seksizma i političke korektnosti u glazbenoj kritici dnevnika Jutanji list.

21.03.2006 Six years after it was written, only 11 of 46 countries have ratified the Council of Europe's Protocol outlawing discrimination of all kinds by all public authorities.

17.03.2006 Makedonija treba najčišće, najpravednije i najdemokratskije izbore dosad. Odgovornost za budućnost također leži i na nevladinim organizacijama, budući da bi neuspjeh izbora mogao usporiti uključivanje Makedonije u Evropske integracije. Stoga je od ključne važnosti da se što više građana pojavi na biračkim mjestima i demonstrira nove trendove razvoja zemlje.

15.03.2006 Macedonia needs the cleanest, most fair and democratic elections so far. The NGOs also have responsibility for the future, for failed elections may postpone the European integrations for Macedonia. Therefore, it is adamant that as many people turn out at the ballot stations and demonstrate the new trends for development of the country.

10.03.2006 Oil multinational Shell has accepted an agm resolution from ethical shareholders that calls for "a major improvement in Shell’s performance in terms of community and stakeholder consultation, risk analysis, and social and environmental impact analysis".

09.03.2006 Kneja Cultural Association for Coexistence with the Nature, and Duga Plus association submitted yesterday s proposal to the Administrative Department of Economic Development of Medjimurje District to adopt a decision for prohibition of growing, production and marketing of GMOs on the whole territory of the country.

07.03.2006 Oxfam International said that five major donor countries have failed to commit anything to a global emergency fund just days before it is officially launched by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan next Thursday. The US, Japan, Australia, Italy and Canada have not pledged a single cent to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). France has only given just over one million dollars while poorer countries including Mexico, Grenada and Sri Lanka have all contributed to the fund.

07.03.2006 Campaign group, War on Want, has urged the UK government to take in to account the impact of supermarkets operating in the country on poor communities in developing countries. A recent report revealed how supermarkets keep costs low by demanding ever-lower prices from Third World suppliers and restricting union activity in the UK and US.

06.03.2006 The Open Society Institute Croatia and "Family Centre" Catholic Association organized, on Wednesday, March 3, a round-table discussion on the influence that Catholic Church in Croatia has on policies and legislation in the field of reproductive and sexual health and rights. The debate used, as a starting point, the case-study "The Influence of the Catholic Church in Croatia on Reproductive and Sexual rights and Health Policies from Beginning of 2004 to March 2005”, published in the book Openness of Society: Croatia 2005.