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Doug Cahn is principle of The Cahn Group, LLC, and has been a corporate responsibility and public policy executive for nearly 30 years. Throughout his career Doug has implemented corporate programs that address supply chain labor standards, human rights, environment, government relations, community relations, advocacy and communications. A pioneer in applying corporate codes of conduct to factories owned and operated by third parties in Asia, Central America and Eastern Europe, Doug also serves as a member of the Board of the Fair Factories Clearinghouse, a non-profit initiative of global retail companies, and the Board of Verité a nonprofit research and advocacy organization dedicated to humanizing the global workplace.
Doug's article, titled Listening to Employees: The Underdeveloped Component to Assessing Compliance with Corporate Codes of Conduct in Supply Chains, argues that the single most under-utilized ingredient in implementing supply chain codes of conduct is to have credible, legitimate and trusted grievance mechanisms in place. Read the article here.
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Vale Inco: Negotiations of Sustainable Development Pact with Local Stakeholders - Voisey's Bay, Canada
In 1993, nickel was discovered on the north coast of Labrador, Canada, in an area that the indigenous Innu and Inuit peoples had traditionally considered as their territory. The proposed mining development project brought together a diverse group of interested parties: Vale Inco, the Government of Canada, and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Innu Nation and the Labrador Inuit Association. As part of its broader negotiations with both the government and communities over the terms of the project, Vale Inco embarked on a negotiated process with the local Innu and Inuit peoples for the purpose of agreeing the terms of so-called 'Impacts and Benefits Agreements' which would govern their mutual relations and expectations going forward.
To learn about the negotiation process of the issues at stake, read the participant perspective provided by Mr. Tom Paddon, General Manager of Vale Inco Newfoundland and Labrador.
