Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 40 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Crackdown against corporate bribes in the South? VTMBH Article: Author VTMBH Article: Publication New York Awam VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section edits VTMBH Article: Blurb Many societies consider bribing immoral, and many countries in the West passed laws making bribing illegal. But Western multinationals are making use of the practice of bribing. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body Bribes are as old as history. In the King James Bible, there is a passage saying that those who bribe will be destroyed. Unfortunately, we are not told when that will come to pass. Many societies consider bribing immoral, and many countries in the West passed laws making bribing illegal. However, international transactions are taking place that originate from the West and which make use of the practice of bribing. According to the Department of Commerce, multinationals spent $2 billion in bribes in 400 deals in the last six years The World Bank is try to blacklist companies that bribe and business people in the global South. Multinationals that receive World Bank contracts for work in developing countries are feeling the pressure from the Bank. A trial in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, will have a ripple effect on the ways multinationals conduct business throughout the global South. A government official was jailed for accepting a total of $10,100,000 from 12 different Western companies. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, composed of 12 wealthy countries, agreed in 1997 to consider making the practice of bribery a crime. How long will it be before multinationals and the wealthy countries in which they are based realize that bribes are not grease to a wheel but in fact impediments to world trade and development? A culture of bribery and taking sustains corrupt regimes in the global South. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-10-30 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 67 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Crackdown against corporate bribes in the South? 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. Many societies consider bribing immoral, and many countries in the West passed laws making bribing i Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-10-30