help with assignment

Surely you have heard of Bhopal?

yes i have heard of bhopal, being from india and all that.

thing is about half of my MBA class in singapore is indian and i fear more than one of them is going to use this example.


so i ....need some other examples.

but thanks and keep them comming.

Exxon Valdiz?
Liggett & Myers?

i know about exxon valdez....but can you tell me what exactly was the OFFENCE commited by L&M, for which they could be held accountable.

Microsoft and ATT ("Ma Bell") come to mind with anti-trust issues.

thanks but anti trust issues are a thing apart from CSR issues.

In 1996 - 1997, Liggett Group had become the first tobacco company to settle smoking related litigation brought by the Attorneys General of several states.

In 1994, the Attorneys General of four states - Mississippi, Minnesota, West Virginia, and Massachusetts - separately filed lawsuits against the tobacco industry in an effort to secure reimbursement for health care expenditures arising from tobacco-related illnesses. During the course of this litigation, 42 other states joined in similar legal actions. In 1998, a Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was signed by the Attorneys General of 46 states and the nation's four major tobacco companies: Philip Morris, R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, and the American Tobacco Company.

The MSA effectively settled the outstanding lawsuits by requiring yearly payments by the tobacco companies to the States and placing restrictions on the advertising and marketing of tobacco products. The MSA provisions also created and currently fund the American Legacy Foundation, an anti-smoking advocacy group, which in turn funded the creation of the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library as well as its ongoing maintenance and collection activities.

wow thanks contrex.


i have received lots of examples of companies that have flouted social-legal-environmental norms. thanks everyone.


now i need a bit different kid of help

1) i need examples of governments or other political bodies (uno, eu) TIGHTENING THE SCREWS against a company or companies, and thus forcing them to act responsibly. For example if any of you know of any instance of some government mandating that logging companies should re-plant so many amount of trees, or fishing companies release so much of er..fishlets, etc etc.

examples where a government (including provincial/state govt) or political body forced companies to behave themselves


2) i need examples of economic reasons why companies have been forced to behave. like for example chavez is trying to come up with a pan latin american trade zone or something that will prevent 1st world MNCs from siphoning away the natural wealth of latin america. stuff down these lines.



i have enough examples of how companies have been forced to behave due to enviornmental, legal, technological, and socio-cultural reasons. i just need examples of POLITICAL and ECONOMIC reasons. can anyone help ??