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Certainly it is egregious that the Trump-appointed director of the CDC, purchased tobacco industry stock...But such a conflict isn’t shocking in our government, especially in this administration, and it highlights a longstanding virus plaguing our democracy: corporate conflicts of interest.
Following the U.S. presidential election, Cornel West wrote: “For us in these times, to even have hope is too abstract, too detached, too spectatorial. Instead we must be a hope, a participant and a force for good as we face this catastrophe.” That’s what we have committed to do together: Be a hope. Read the rest of Corporate Accountability's annual report.
Every year, tobacco-related diseases kill more than seven million people around the world. Smoking remains the world’s leading cause of ...
By Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann for Deutche Welle. More than 9,000 companies from all over the world have joined the UN Global ...
Picture this: You’re involved in a legal case, but when you walk into the courtroom you’re told the case will ...
By Sarah Bosley, the Guardian. One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies has launched the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, ...
Articles include: Blocking Trump’s privatization agenda; Now’s the time to challenge corporate power; Responding to Big Tobacco’s corruption, Kenya tackles ...
By BBC Staff. UK tobacco firm British American Tobacco (BAT) says it is under official investigation by the Serious Fraud ...
BOSTON -- Today, the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed it has launched a formal investigation into British American Tobacco (BAT) for corruption and bribery allegations in East Africa. This announcement comes nearly two years after the BBC Panorama program aired whistleblower allegations that BAT had conspired in a campaign of bribery to weaken and delay lifesaving policies and undermine competition in East Africa. This development is a strong indication that the SFO has unearthed serious evidence to support the allegations. Legal action by the SFO could have massive consequences for BAT’s global operations. The corporation recently became the world’s largest transnational tobacco corporation following a merger with Reynolds American.
By Reuters staff. NEW DELHI – S. K. Arora spent more than three years trudging through the Indian summer heat and monsoon rains ...
