Business Ethics - 05/2004

By ETCO

31 / 05 / 2004 - Piracy CPI will vote this week on its final report, which will recommend to the government the creation of a special nucleus of the Federal Police to combat piracy

28 / 05 / 2004 - Consumer complaints about drugs are the most effective way for laboratories to detect problems or adulterations in their medications

27 / 05 / 2004 - Economic Law Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice investigates laboratories that sold blood products to the Ministry of Health

26 / 05 / 2004 - Research by the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio de Janeiro shows that unfair competition affects 91% of companies in the state

24 / 05 / 2004 - Credit promoters linked to the National Association of Consumer Service Providers now have a code of ethics and a distinctive seal of quality

21 / 05 / 2004 - Economic Law Secretary of the Ministry of Justice signs an agreement to exchange information with the Federal Revenue to investigate complaints from companies that evade taxes

20 / 05 / 2004 - At least 17 people are taken to the United States by human traffickers to be subjected to similar conditions of slavery

19 / 05 / 2004 - Peruvian government plans to use technology to prevent smuggling of alpacas, animals similar to llamas

18 / 05 / 2004 - Film “The Passion of the Christ” had 36 pirated copies distributed over the Internet

17 / 05 / 2004 - Piracy CPI will disclose name of companies involved in computer equipment smuggling network

14 / 05 / 2004 - Federal Police apprehend gang in the interior of São Paulo that adulterated gasoline with naphtha from Bolivia

13 / 05 / 2004 - Spams annoy potential consumers, who can sue companies or people who send unsolicited messages

13 / 05 / 2004 - Brazil and Switzerland sign agreement to recover money from corruption and fraud crimes in Brazil

12 / 05 / 2004 - Consumer protection entities and state prosecutors receive booklets on how to identify and report cartels in the country's fuel sector

11 / 05 / 2004 - Legally the most protected tree in the Amazon, the Brazil nut is one of the biggest victims of clandestine actions in the region

10 / 05 / 2004 - Brazilian government will change the rules for the trade in brazilwood, which will be on the list of woods that need to be monitored and controlled before sale

07 / 05 / 2004 - Russian music download site charges a dollar for every megabyte downloaded, which equates to 15 CDs for the price of $ 10

06 / 05 / 2004 - Piracy affects the entire structure of society. US uses piracy to justify commercial retaliation against Brazil

06 / 05 / 2004 - Inquiry Commission that investigates fraud in the distribution of cases of the Court of Justice of Rio hears today testimony of involved

05 / 05 / 2004 - French record labels launched campaign against illegal music acquisition over the internet because of a 20% drop in sales in the first quarter of the year

04 / 05 / 2004 - Survey based on RAIS information shows that the number of firms without employees increased by 40% from 98 to 2002

03 / 05 / 2004 - Police discover evidence of fuel adulteration at a distributor in Barra Mansa, in the south of the state of Rio