Corporate sector has always been target for the infringement of fair labour laws and truth be told, companies have their fair share in scandals like propagating sweatshops and labour abuse. Since the dawn of the concept, free trade, corporations have outsourced their operations to countries where the labour is cheap and the material is inexpensive. […]
Feb 17 2012 | Posted in
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Despite the release of a slew of reports and articles regarding the Chinese vendors, Apple’s share price remained unaffected and even soared up to $500 apiece in the recent weeks. Eric Dezenhall, who runs a crisis communications firm in Washington, D.C., says the company has what he calls the “Apple Immunity,” said Dezenhall. “Apple consistently […]
Feb 17 2012 | Posted in
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However, Apple’s timely response has been appreciated by many, especially CEO Tim Cook responded aptly to the issue. Recently the CEO issued a letter to all Apple employees today, saying: “We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain.” The email goes on: “We are attacking problems aggressively with the help of the world’s […]
Feb 17 2012 | Posted in
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However, Apple’s timely response has been appreciated by many, especially CEO Tim Cook responded aptly to the issue. Recently the CEO issued a letter to all Apple employees today, saying: “We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain.” The email goes on: “We are attacking problems aggressively with the help of the world’s […]
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Major Greek unions have called a general strike spanning over two days (February 10 and February 11, 2012) to protest the harsh cuts including the plan requiring the EU and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail out the country and prevent it from bankruptcy. This would be the second attempt at keeping Greece in […]
Feb 9 2012 | Posted in
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Corporate sector is the main source of income for any country and South Asian sector is not an exception. However, in the past one decade or so, this sector has incurred severe damages because of the negligence from their national governments and the worst case is Pakistan. World Bank’s chief economist for South Asia region […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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The audience however, raised the objection on Ms. Kochhar’s manifesto of “moving away from protecting jobs to protecting workers”. The audience objected that the World Bank should refrain from the propagation of the dogma that labour laws are restricting job creations. The protection of the labour at work and off the pitch is a mandatory […]
Jan 13 2012 | Posted in
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There are many issues present in our society today and poverty no doubt is the biggest of all. Uneven circulation of money is a common observation. Rich is getting richer while poor is finding it really hard to survive. Uneven circulation of money is the main cause of unrest today. A normal man cannot imagine […]
Oct 18 2011 | Posted in
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There are many issues present in our society today and poverty no doubt is the biggest of all. Uneven circulation of money is a common observation. Rich is getting richer while poor is finding it really hard to survive. Uneven circulation of money is the main cause of unrest today. A normal man cannot imagine […]
Oct 18 2011 | Posted in
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