When big companies--like Apple, Levi's, or the Gap--are caught treating their workers badly, they call Verite to help reform their organizations to prevent human rights abuses.READ»
The iPhone is the invention of an American company, and ought to benefit our nation's economy. Why, then, is it contributing $1.9 billion to the U.S. trade deficit? READ»
Remember a few years back, when big companies such as Nike kept getting immersed in sweatshop scandals? You hardly hear about that sort of stuff anymore. But the fact is, child labor and forced labor remain startlingly common ...READ»
When Walmart announced their intent to buy South African retailer Massmart for about $4.25 billion, pundits could not stop talking about the implications for African business. But the big story is how South Africa's unions will handle the retail giant.READ»
The Taiwanese iPhone manufacturer Foxconn, which got bad press last year following a string of suicides among its laborers, keeps expanding operations despite bleeding cash.READ»
Nothing grabs the attention of a management team or a customer quicker than when the costs of a project quickly skyrocket past an estimate provided in a project proposal. Effective project resource management software helps ensure ...READ»
Volunteers contribute labor worth $156 billion per year to our economy,
and their ranks are growing; HandsOn Network -- a matchmaker for
volunteers and organizations -- reported a 124% spike in interest
around MLK Day ...READ»
