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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Saturday, June 30, 2012
BP to settle spill-related gender bias case
BP and some of its contractors will pay $5.4 million to settle a federal investigation of allegations that women were denied jobs cleaning up after the 2010 oil spill because of their gender.
More on Chron.com
British Petroleum plc (NYSE:BP)(LSE:BP) (BP) is a Global Compact participant and founding father since 2000/07/26.
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