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And achieving food security is impossible without agricultural systems and practices that not only support farmers and produce enough food to meet people’s nutritional needs, but that also preserve natural resources by, for example, preventing soil erosion and relying on more efficient nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers.
The more Israel embraces Putin-inspired practices, however, the weaker becomes its connection to its strategic rearguard in the West.
But others do not always regard such investors favorably: many stand accused of political meddling, polluting the environment, labor abuses, and other unscrupulous practices.
The new bank’s governance structure has yet to be worked out, but it promises to be more consistent with contemporary best practices.
In 1999, Japan’s Equal Employment Opportunity Act was amended to provide equal employment opportunities for men and women by prohibiting discriminatory labor practices.
The nefarious practices and management failings uncovered during the yearlong investigation that led to the fines were shocking.
The Better CorporationLONDON – Around the world, the corporate governance landscape is shifting, as efforts to improve business practices and policies gain support and momentum.
International investors are in a unique position to encourage, or even enforce, global best practices in corporate governance.
Global funds that uphold high ethical standards concerning labor practices and environmental protections are safeguarding the global ecosystem on which they, and the rest of us, depend.
CalPERS (the California Public Employees’ Retirement System), a $300 billion pension fund, has published its corporate governance principles, which include boardroom diversity, fair labor practices, and environmental protection.
In addition, as Fink and others have warned, compensation practices that link top executives’ pay to measures of short-term success like quarterly earnings per share or annual equity performance also encourage “short-termism” in corporate investment decisions.
Opposition forces, fed up as much with Thaksin’s corrupt practices as with his longstanding popularity, have recently begun seizing government ministries and calling for a royally appointed government.
China’s intentions and practices have long been an irritant in Sino-American relations.
In fact, even tariffs targeting only Chinese products that benefit from the government’s mercantilist practices are counterproductive, because they effectively tax the US companies they are supposed to defend.
The challenge for US policy is to ensure that Chinese policies comply with WTO rules, including the requirement to notify other countries of subsidy programs and the prohibition of zero-sum tactics like IP theft, forced technology transfer, and discriminatory procurement practices.Finally, the PCAST report underscores the need for the US to respond to China’s challenge in semiconductors with an industrial policy of its own.
The challenge for US policy is to ensure that Chinese policies comply with WTO rules, including the requirement to notify other countries of subsidy programs and the prohibition of zero-sum tactics like IP theft, forced technology transfer, and discriminatory procurement practices.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Department of Justice apparently decided to fight the “backdating” practices, which where especially common in Silicon Valley.
Yet, like its developed counterparts, China remains mired in the perception of aging as a fiscal challenge, rather than as a matter for economic policy reform and improved business practices.
To help industries in the region upgrade environmentally, firms can now obtain special loans for which the Asian Development Bank assumes the risk – a program made possible by Hong Kong’s sound banking practices.
America’s SEC did not require more capital or halt risky practices at the big investment banks.
In health care, education, agriculture, and employment practices, we are identifying policies and practices that have fallen out of step with today’s needs, and we will move quickly to reform them.
These standards will provide cover for unfair trade practices.
"If there is a Codex standard," she points out, "one country cannot file a challenge [for unfair trade practices] against another country which is following the Codex standard.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has proposed slapping a 45% tax on Chinese imports into the US, a plan that appeals to many Americans who believe that China is getting rich from unfair trade practices.
These unfair trade practices have a devastating impact on the income and living standards of farmers in South America, Africa, and Asia, who are unable to compete with their richer, coddled rivals.
Similarly, various provisions in the area of labor practices, particularly in Southeast Asia, are progressive.
But it is true that no other country matches India’s extraordinary mix of ethnic groups, profusion of mutually incomprehensible languages, varieties of topography and climate, diversity of religions and cultural practices, and disparate levels of economic development.
Navigating the mining industry’s resource nexus will require new governance models that can balance extraction practices with emerging energy needs – like those envisioned by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
According to a recent survey of industry practices by CDP, a non-profit energy and environmental consultancy, mining companies from Australia to Brazil are beginning to extract resources while reducing their environmental footprint.
The fact that questioning the practices of rich nations (who contribute more funds) exercising more voting power in these organizations sounds outrageous, shows how far away we remain from global democracy.
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