Corporate Accountability

Corporate Dominance

Corporate domination of our economic and political lives often leads to corporate crime and greed, while undermining democratic institutions. More than any time in history, today's trans-national corporate power obscures the rights of the public. Without greater accountability, corporate dominance will continue to overshadow national sovereignty and undermine the principles of the common wealth.

Key words: Corporate accountability, corporate crime, corporate personhood, transparency

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November 20, 2007

Report on Racial Disparities in Mortgage Lending

WHEREAS, there are wide disparities between the interest rates charged to African-American and Latino families compared to white families, according to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data filed by lending institutions.

November 14, 2007

Western Union Review on Remittance Fees, Rates, and Policy

WHEREAS, we believe onerous charges in the multi-billion dollar money transfer industry place an undue economic burden on low-income immigrant families in the United States and in their communities of origin while creating an increased reputational risk for our Company.

According to the World Bank, the remittance market will generate more than $15 billion in annual revenues in 2006, with profit margins for companies like Western Union as high as 30%.

November 14, 2007

December 2006 (PDF, 524 KB) Ten Years: Looking Back, Looking Forward • Immigration as Foreign Aid • Myth Busting About Race • Funding Justice Gulf South• Preserving the Estate Tax

October 31, 2007

http://cjonline.com/stories/102607/opi_212146319.shtml

October 26, 2007

Reflection: Inconvenience Yourself | Reining in the Wells Fargo Stagecoach | Tax Fairness Organizing | Capturing Capital Gains | Western Union Pressured | Wal-Mart's Annual Meeting | Opinion: War & Taxes | Estate Tax Heads for Compromise | In Your Own Voice | RW Member Runs for Congress

October 12, 2007

Poverty: Of the Wallet, or of the Spirit? | UFE Contributes to National Poverty Task Force | Economics As If People Mattered, 2007 | Q&A with Peter Edelman, Contributor to the Center for American Progress Poverty Task Force | The Poor Pay More and Shareholders Hold their Noses | New Immigration Workshop | Western Union Pressured on Excessive Remittance Fees | Putting Pressure on Predatory Lending in Louisiana | All Aboard the Asset Train | Holding the Dems to Task | The Estate Tax—at Issue in Congress and in White House Race | Tax Cut Madness Continues

October 12, 2007

Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy Studies discusses CEO Pay and the 2007 Executive Excess report. October 10, 2007

October 2, 2007

CEO:Worker Pay Ratio Shoots Up to 431:1
Biggest Defense Contractors Raise CEOs’ Pay 200% Since 9/11 October 2, 2007