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Social Analytics is Key to Being a Social Business
Take a look at this webcast to learn about social analytics and how you can leverage them to increase business value and make the right calls.
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Iran's Deadly Cyber Police: Indefinite Detention and Execution for Netizens
Iran's terrifying campaign against the internet and netizens is about to go full-throttle with the country's own intranet.
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Sex Tech: Iran Execution, Reddit Apathy, Microsoft Gay Marriage, Amazon Plagiarism
Iran to execute alleged porn programmer, Reddit's SOPA porn apathy, Microsoft wants gay marriage, erotic book plagiarism at Amazon.
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US Chamber of Commerce accused of undermining conflict minerals regulation. So who is backing the Chamber?
The US Chamber of Commerce is accused of lobbying to water down regulation to control conflict minerals in the supply chain. But who is supporting the US Chamber on this?
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Microsoft to pressure supply chain on sustainability
Microsoft has announced it will require annual sustainability disclosure from suppliers.
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Conflict minerals: some progress in the Congo?
The US government is kick starting an effort to get a 'conflict free' certification program off the ground for electronics manufacturers who sources minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo....
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Unwatchable: dial R for rape. How much does your handset really cost?
Unwatchable is a graphic new film highlighting sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a tactic in the control of minerals used for electronics manufacturing. It's part of a...
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Update - Swartz to Jobs: let Timberland help Apple on sustainability
Timberland CEO, Jeff Swartz offers Steve Jobs some friendly advice: Apple should have board level supervision of its sustainability strategy. However, despite repeated shareholder resolutions and...
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Nokia Siemens Networks respond to Iran human rights abuses claims
Nokia Siemens Networks respond to the law suit filed against them for human rights abuses. They argue that although their technology includes lawful intercept capability, mobile communications on...
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Nokia Siemens Networks sued by Iranian activist for human rights abuses
An Iranian activist currently in detention in Iran has filed suit against Nokia Siemens Networks, Nokia and Siemens for human rights abuses. The activist was detained during civil unrest in the...
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Should Google, Microsoft or anyone else divest & disengage from China?
It's beginning to become clear that Google's push back on China has become a watershed moment in the history of industrial globalization and everyone is struggling for context. It's important...
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Zuckerberg: I decide societal norms. (Are Facebook users lobotomized lemmings?)
All told its been an extraordinary week for trans Pacific business relations. Google served notice on China that it would do what ever it takes to protect the privacy of the data within gmail...
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Google: Profit or Principle?
  The debate on Google's motives for action on China in the past few days have been illuminating on the state of business ethics today. Much has been speculated about Google's real...
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Bravo! Google takes a stand for human rights in China
I admit to being a bit tough on Google in the past but they are one of the biggest kids in the playground and we are entitled to expect a lot from them when it comes to corporate responsibility...
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KFC UNThinking at the UN
Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason...
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Ireland: Shell's new Nigeria?
Just as Shell brings to a close a difficult chapter in its troubled relationship with the Ogoni people in Nigeria, its relationship with community groups in the west of Ireland appears to be...
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IBM on Sustainability: Time For Real Time
Its hard not to be impressed with the strength of focus coming from IBM these days on sustainability. I'm ususally pretty sceptical about sustainability marketing efforts and IBM have a high...
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US Congress Ready to Act on Human Rights Crisis in Tech Industry Supply Chains
Following on from yesterday's riff on traceability technology for Vietnamese fisheries, it turns out Silicon Valley may yet be its own best customer. Despite common knowledge of serious human...
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Pepsico Saved from Suicide Campaign by Twitter?
It's not easy to push consumer products these days as discretionary spend dries up and advertising channels become ever fragmented. Understandable then when corporations are seduced into more...
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The Cassiterite Crisis - How Tech Boom Fuels Human Rights Risk in Africa
A disturbing article this week in the FT reports how cassiterite sourced through the use of child and slave labour has made it into the supply chains of global electronic goods manufacturers....
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Human Rights: An Inconvenient Truth
The debate on business and human rights is set to heat up this year with the 60th anniversary of the UN General Assembly resolution adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The...
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