CorpWatch

CorpWatch (do not confuse with CorporateWatch) is a watchdog group that "counters corporate-led globalization through education, network-building and activism." It works "to foster democratic control over corporations by building grassroots globalization a diverse movement for human rights and dignity, labor rights and environmental justice. [1]" CorpWatch campaigns have included war profiteering and corporate influence of the elections. CorpWatch is a member organization of Business Ethics Network.

"The organization is a project of the Tides Center and it is guided by a six-member Executive Committee of our Advisory Board. In addition, we are an affiliate member of Friends of the Earth International."

Crocodyl

Crocodyl is an online project begun by CorpWatch in 2007 "to build a database of corporate profiles by using a global network of researchers, journalists and nonprofit organization members with experience researching corporations in specific industries and issue areas. By combining the knowledge of these specialists and the wisdom of our entire user base, Crocodyl can synthesize the breadth of information contributed by people worldwide and the data culled by people with years of experience in obtaining hard to find facts" [2]

The Story Behind the Informant!

As a part of Participant Media's continuing educational action campaign around corporate ethics and the movie "The Informant!," CorpWatch and Crocodyl.org have launched a case study of the Archer Daniels Midland price-fixing scandal, along with an exposé on more recent controversies surrounding the agri-business giant's global operations. http://community.corpwatch.org/adm/

Staff and Board

Accessed November 2007:

• Khalil Bendib, Cartoonist
• Pratap Chatterjee, Senior Editor
• Ian Elwood, Crocodyl Project Manager
• Tonya Hennessey, Program Director
• Melissa Marshall, Administrative Coordinator and Program Associate

CorpWatch Advisory Board

• China Brotsky
• Antonio Diaz
• Joshua Karliner
• Mele Lau Smith
• Aditi Vaidya, Independent consultant

Other CorpWatch Advisory Board Members

• Nikki Fortunato Bas, Sweatshop Watch
• Andre Carothers, Journalist
• John Cavanagh, Institute for Policy Studies
• Anna Couey, The Data Center
• Michael Dorsey, Sierra Club National Board
• Jeanne Gauna, South West Organizing Project - in memorium
• Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network
• Richard Grossman, Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy, deceased
• Nicholas Hildyard, The Corner House, England
• Lisa Hoyos, South Bay AFL-CIO Central Labor Council
• Allan Hunt-Badiner, Rainforest Action Network
• Martin Khor, Third World Network, Malaysia
• Yoichi Kuroda, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan
• Sara Larrain, Chilean National Environmental Network, Chile
• Joshua Mailman, Social Venture Network
• Richard Moore, Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice
• Medha Patkar, National Alliance of People's Movements, India
• S. (Bobby) Peek, groundWork, South Africa
• Atila Roque, Brazilian Institute for Social and Economic Action, (IBASE), Brazil
• Satinath Sarangi, Bhopal Committee for Information and Action, India
• Ted Smith, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
• Michael Stein, Nonprofit Internet Strategist
• Francesca Vietor, International Rivers Network

Contact

CorpWatch
1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 702
Oakland, CA 94612 USA
Tel: 510-271-8080 Fax: 510-271-8083
URL: http://www.corpwatch.org
http://www.warprofiteers.com

Resources and articles

Related Sourcewatch

• Business Ethics Network
• Crocodyl

References

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