Alcoa Inc. on Friday asked a federal judge in Pittsburgh to dismiss a bribery lawsuit filed against the company by an aluminum maker controlled by the Bahrain government. Read more: Alcoa asks federal judge to dismiss bribery suit - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Alcoa is a Global Compact participant since 2009/09/23. Alcoa was a USD 10,000 contributor for the Global Compact Foundation in 2010.
This blog provides information on how U.N. Global Compact participants' walk the talk. The GC is a voluntary initiative at the strategic level to engage businesses towards sustainability principles. There is however a risk of 'blue-washing' by covering up corporate misbehaviour and law infringement from large MNEs through poorly enforced 'Integrity Measures' and weak U.N supervision. Let's 'WE', civil society stay tuned!
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