A former Iraq-based General Electric executive claims he was fired after raising concerns that the company was violating federal anti-bribery laws.
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General Electric is a Global Compact participant since 2008/12/10.
The GE Foundation was a USD 10,000 - USD 50,000 range contributor to the Foundation for the Global Compact 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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