Thursday, July 5, 2007

Top executives seek to bolster UN business pact

(Reuters) - Top executives from some of the world's biggest companies sought on Thursday to bolster a U.N. corporate responsibility pact, saying their firms would benefit from stricter rules on corruption and the environment.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon backed calls from the heads of Coca-Cola, Anglo American and Petrobras for more checks and balances to ensure members of the seven-year-old Global Compact uphold its standards.


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