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		<title>Sustainability Reporting: Singapore Stock Exchange</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Singapore Stock Exchange, otherwise known as SGX has released a set of guidelines encouraging its listed companies to adopt sustainability reporting. This move has finally given recognition to those investors interested in issues revolving around the environment, social changes, and governance issues. As of August 28, the first securities exchange in Asia has prompted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Business in Politics Causes a Big Stir</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Businesses that contribute to political campaigns are nothing new.  Lobbyists have to work for someone, after all, so if companies aren’t spreading their influence by greasing the campaign wheels, they certainly have people in place in Washington to further their agenda.  However, a recent decision by the Supreme Court in January of this year (in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.internationalvisioncollective.org/ethical-business/big-business-in-politics-causes-a-big-stir/</link>
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		<title>Good Business Ethics Require Good Training</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ethical practices in management are something that must be taught.  None of us are born knowing the difference between right and wrong.  We learn appropriate behaviors from parents, peers, and society at large as we grow into functioning adults.  So it should come as no surprise to companies that employees who are trained in ethical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.internationalvisioncollective.org/ethical-business/good-business-ethics-require-good-training/</link>
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		<title>Outsourcing to India: What are the Ethical Implications?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have recently found yourself calling a customer service support line for any number of products or services, you may have noticed a distinct geographic shift amongst representatives working in call centers.  This of course refers to the current corporate trend of outsourcing to India.  And while most consumers only see it when they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.internationalvisioncollective.org/ethical-business/outsourcing-to-india-what-are-the-ethical-implications/</link>
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		<title>Shirley Sherrod: A Cautionary Tale for Business Owners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Back-story A month ago, you never heard of any such person as Shirley Sherrod.  And indeed, at that time she was only one of the many people who work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, people whose names are known only to their family, friends, and the public they assist on a daily basis.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Careful Hiring Practices Help You Avoid Legal Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When placing an advertisement for an open position in your organization, take care – using the wrong words could mean legal problems for discrimination, even if it is unintentional. It is important to ensure that you are not accidentally choosing the wrong words to describe the opportunity or interview the applicants…and can actually become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl Friday&#8217;s 12 Top Tips for a Greener Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post by Sam Szczepanski. Sam is a music industry consultant specialising in back catalogue reissues at Ivywood Productions Whilst we’re more inclined to eco-police ourselves at home by recycling household waste, switching off lights, turning down the thermostat, and replacing leaky washers (utility bills are high enough without making a bad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.internationalvisioncollective.org/ethical-business/12-tips-for-a-greener-office/</link>
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		<title>The Perils of Being a Union Member in Colombia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Colombia’s recent history is a bloody and violent one. Since the 1960’s, multiple factions including government forces, left-wing insurgents and right-wing paramilitaries have been fighting for supremacy. Members of unions have particularly suffered from the free-for-all killing sprees. Union members and their families have been targeted ever since the beginning of Colombia’s civil war, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.internationalvisioncollective.org/ethical-business/union-member-colombia/</link>
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		<title>The Value of Workplace Diversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You may or may not be aware that workplace diversity is on the rise.  If you’re one of the many people who have contacted a company’s customer service in the last few years, you’ve no doubt realized that many businesses are outsourcing that particular aspect of operation overseas to India, but that’s not really the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.internationalvisioncollective.org/ethical-business/the-value-of-workplace-diversity/</link>
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		<title>Shifting Tide of Workers&#8217; Rights in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Workers’ Rights in China One of the most heated topics of debate today in regards to China has to do with workers’ rights. There are millions of workers in China who are affected by this, due to the numerous domestic and foreign companies who have factories in China. There are many different kinds of companies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.internationalvisioncollective.org/ethical-business/shifting-tide-of-workers-rights-in-china/</link>
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