Ethical companies – or those claiming to be – should not overlook the gender pay gap issue. According to global UN data, women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men1. For women with children, the gap is even wider. “This stubborn inequality in the average wages between men an...
I am, of course, outraged about this situation in the Philippines. It’s the same outrage that prompted me to call on the United Nations todefend its involvement of full-time, unpaid interns. It’s not only horrible that these nurses are being exploited; these kinds of actions createcampaig...
Philippines Bans Kidney Transplants for Foreigners, New York Times (30 April 2008) 54. M. Epstein The ethics of poverty and the poverty of ethics: the case of Palestinian prisoners in Israel seeking to sell their kidneys in order to feed their children J Med Ethics, 33 (2007), pp. 473...
Senate to amend antilaundering law Inquirer News (Philippines), May 25, 2012 By TJ Burgonio Senators have reached a consensus to approve a bill amending the Anti-Money Laundering Act (Amla) and a bill against terrorist financing before adjourning on June 7, according to Sen. Franklin Drilon....
Papua New Guinea, for the COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS, urged parties to adopt a clear and ambitious action plan and work programme that incorporates REDD+ implementation as a key component. THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, for India, China, the Philippines, El Salvador, Dominica, Egypt...
A few months after my trip I was in Italy at a friend’s house. We sat at her kitchen table over two plates of pasta and a bottle of wine, and I talked about my recent travels. I had so much positivity about the Philippines –“It’s so lovely! Everyone smiles there!”– only ...
(100) Philippines 4 4 (100) 4 (100) 4 (100) Saudi Arabia 4 4 (100) 2 (50.0) 3 (75.0) Croatia 3 3 (100) 2 (66.7) 3 (100) Afghanistan 2 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) Africa 2 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 (100) Chile 2 1 (50.0) 1 (100) 2 (100) Mexico 2 2 (100) 2 (...
Political contestability is an important issue in the ethical analysis of corporate political activity (hereafter CPA). Though previous studies have propos
These countries, including Brazil, India, Pakistan and the Philippines, seem to havehigh levels of corruptionand thus ineffective regulatory infrastructures. It is reasonable to worry that the kinds of harm that accrue to kidney vendors in unregulated markets would also befall them in some regulated...
American wars for empire include the War of 1812 (Canada), which was unsuccessful, the 1846 Mexican-American War (Texas, California, and the present U.S. Southwest), and the 1898 Spanish-American War (Cuba and the Philippines.) (3) Power Lust. Those driven by a need to dominate every...