As a result of campaigning by anti-corruption groups, attention has recently focussed on the Export Guarantee Agencies of a number of Western countries. These agencies provide taxpayer backed insurance for domestic companies undertaking business in high-risk areas abroad. In the total contract fee insured hidden bribes or semi legal fees…
By: Anandakrishnan.S In the recent years India has emerged as one of the preferred destinations for offshore business outsourcing. Financial services, educational services, legal services, banking services, healthcare services, marketing services and telecommunication services . The factors that have turned India into one of the hotspots for offshore outsourcing are the educated and unemployed masses, [...]
By: sabaha khanContents: “Transnational Corporations Liability on Environmental Harms” Introduction Norms controlling activities of TNC’s in UDHR and ICESCR Why and how these TNC’s are responsible for environmental damages and harms. Three catastrophic disasters in human history International Guidelines controlling TNC’s activities Are these Norms and guidelines are enough to hold these TNC’s liable Need [...]
By: Susan Farmer Valorie closed her eyes, letting the sun wash over her face. Groaning just a little bit, she imagined herself on a hunt in India. She felt weak. She was very tired and hungry. But she knew she needed to keep going. Looking ahead her piercing eye caught a slight movement in the [...]
By: H.silistre The rise of the Internet has resulted in many important issues being raised. One of these major issues relates to privacy and security concerns. These issues become important ones for organizations to consider for several reasons. Firstly, because private employee information is recorded on computers, secondly because organizations have their own important information [...]
By: Melissa Glotzer Offshore Banking – Explained Many entrepreneurs and individuals have heard about offshore banking, but are unsure about the benefits, the legal implications and even what it is exactly. By gaining a better understanding of what offshore banking really is entrepreneurs can decide whether it is relevant to their company, and to what [...]
By: Prof. Surinder Pal Singh 1. Introduction Over the past two decades, the forces of economic globalization, political transformation and technological innovation have increased the global reach and influence of the private sector. The number of transnational corporations has almost doubled from 37,000 in 1990 to over 60,000 today, with some 800,000 foreign affiliates and [...]
By: Australasian Investment ReviewAll those people who still believe Australia won’t dip into recession in 2009, as the IMF, OECD, Federal Treasury and Reserve Bank, should think again. China, whose ‘solid’ demand for our resources was supposed to help keep us out of recession in 2009, is getting worried. So worried that it slashed interest [...]
By: Ghulam Mohyuddin Wani FIGHT AGAINST THE GLOBAL HUNGER • BY PROF GHULAM MOHYUDDIN.WANI • FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR.JK INDIA. Email fastwani@in.com Introduction In our previous articles we discussed many issues concerning global food production and various problems associated with it. We also dispensed with the pessimistic predictions of [...]
By: Pradeep Padman In a move towards creating a suitable environment for secure electronic transactions, the Sultanate of Oman has issued the e-Transactions Law formalised by the Royal Decree 69/2008. This is the first law for legalising electronic transactions in Oman which can be defined as any contract, agreement or communication in this regard [...]
By: Zed Varte …Patience, patience, patience… We do have many matchsticks of potentials and capacities but we sure lack a matchbox of enlightenment and wills to light it. Are there anyone out there who can help us light the matchsticks to provide light; one who’s willing to compromise for peace but unwilling to compromise for [...]
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