Reply #22: I disagree, the current system of Big Brother and Little Brother joined at the hip [View All]

[Uncle Joe]

is closer to Orwell's nightmare vision.

Two thirds of the entities deciding the parameters of the Ethical Impact Report are non-governmental. The other third sounds like a mix.

Regarding standards of compliance, I view this as a rough draft, but I wouldn't dismiss the proposal entirely. Suppose the super jury finds the officers in non-compliance or contempt, they could be turned over for trial to a standard court of law.

Regarding corporations going overseas, much of the world is ahead of us on issues of social responsibility, ie; the environment, health care. If we don't change this dynamic, it will make no difference as to what corporations decide to do, because the world will be going to hell in a hand basket. The world is passing us by and I believe this is in large part because of our short sighted vision regarding corporate responsibility.

"The Ethical Impact Report will be compiled by 3 different constituencies: the corporation itself, the workers (under conditions of confidentiality), and relevant community organizations around the world who wish to present their case about the social responsibility of the corporation. Cases shall be decided by Social Responsibility Grand Juries selected to be representative of the economic, social, ethnic, racial, and religious diversity of the United States. In cases in which these Grand Juries find insufficient social responsibility, they may assign the assets of the corporation to a community organization or other corporation which can show that it has a better plan for ensuring high levels of social responsibility while continuing to make the corporation survive.If no such group can be found, the Grand Jury can simply suspend the operations of the corporation, or mandate specific changes in corporate behavior and fine and imprison corporate officials and board members who do not implement the plan."