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Accountability - the Key 21st Century Watchword

We've carefully chosen the name for this Web-accessed news, research, information and perspectives research - "accountability" is the Editors' umbrella term for much of the content -- and "central" because we intend to make this a central resource for those interested in knowing more about trends in accountability.

Corporations and other institutions in our society are increasingly being held accountable for their decisions, actions, behaviors and performance ....

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News & Updates

July 23, 2008
Company that Managed Cosco Busan Indicted on New Charges

By: Department of Justice

Fleet Management Ltd. Charged with Pollution and Cover-up in San Francisco Bay Oil Discharge Case

 


July 23, 2008
Commission Posts Agenda for Roundtable on 'FTC at 100: Into Our Second Century'

By: Federal Trade Commission

First Public Meeting Scheduled for July 29-30, 2008, in Washington, DC

 


July 23, 2008
Missouri Health Care System to Pay U.S. $60 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

By: Department of Justice

WASHINGTON – Lester E. Cox Medical Centers, a health care system headquartered in Springfield, Mo., has agreed to pay the United States to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute and the...


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Research & Insights

July 21, 2008
Working paper: A Replication Study of Alan Blinder's "How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?"

By: Working Knowledge, Harvard Business School

The movement of business activity from developed economies to developing economies—commonly called offshoring—has become the focus of heated debates. Behind these debates lies a pivotal question of scale: How much business...


July 19, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
'The Oxford Handbook Of Corporate Social Responsibility' Provides Clear Thinking And New Perspectives On CSR And The Debates Around It

By: Business Wire

 

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fd4075/the_oxford_handboo) has announced the addition of the "The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility" report to their offering.

CSR encompasses...


July 19, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
States' Hottest Laws Take On New Threats; The Mosaic Of Laws Passed By State Legislatures This Year Reveals A Country Grappling With Threats, From A Faltering Economy And Record-high Gasoline Prices To Global Warming And Lead-tainted Toys From China. For F


By: Stateline.org
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer

The mosaic of laws passed by state legislatures this year reveals a country grappling with threats, from a faltering economy and record-high gasoline prices to global warming and lead-tainted toys from China.

In a year of...


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Commentary & Opinion

July 23, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
Is 'black Hole' Really A Racist Term?

By: Christian Science Monitor
Julia Gorin

 

Did you know "black hole" is now a racist term?

I didn't and neither, apparently, did Dallas County Commissioner Kenneth Mayfield. He told colleagues this month that the traffic ticket collection office had become a black hole,...


July 22, 2008
Supporting Minority National Banks - Remarks by John C. Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency, Before the Interagency Minority Depository Institutions National Conference, Chicago


By: Office of Comptroller of the Currency

I’m delighted to have this opportunity to talk to you today about the challenges and opportunities facing minority-owned banks in the United States.


July 22, 2008
Lexis Nexis - AC
A Housing Rescue Nears - But For Whom?

By: Christian Science Monitor
Gail Russell Chaddock Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

 

- As Congress heads into a critical week of votes on how to relieve America's home-foreclosure crisis, one of the toughest issues will be how to deal with the racial and ethnic dimensions of the problem. Minorities will be...


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-- The Right Hon. Winston Churchill, March 1955, in his Swan Song to the House of Commons after an illustrious, challenging and sometimes despairing 53 year career in the House. 

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