Business Ethics - 07/2004

By ETCO

30 / 07 / 2004 - IRS is expanding exchange with the National Institute of Industrial Property to reduce losses in the country with pirated products

29 / 07 / 2004 - Informal cigarette sector already represents 30% of the Brazilian market and illegal trade commits R $ 1,4 billion in tax collection

29 / 07 / 2004 - Economic Law Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice decides to sue ten foreign laboratories accused of forming a cartel to defraud bids for blood products from the Ministry of Health

28 / 07 / 2004 - American newspapers are punished for inflating the number of their circulation

27 / 07 / 2004 - Consumers have the right to recover any damage caused by theft or cloning of their card, according to Procom

26 / 07 / 2004 - British consultancy study estimates that three billion songs and five million films are downloaded per day from the internet

23 / 07 / 2004 - CD piracy in the world already represents 15% of the international phonographic market

22 / 07 / 2004 - Federal Revenue is creating a unique company registration system to facilitate inspection

21 / 07 / 2004 - International anti-money laundering organization recommends Brazil to reduce protections in accessing bank and tax confidential information

20 / 07 / 2004 - Cigarette makers will have to pay 30% tax rate on industrialized products to try to combat tax evasion in the sector

19 / 07 / 2004 - Multinational companies in the area of ​​technology and communication launch a forum that intends to work with governments in Latin America to encourage growth in the sector

16 / 07 / 2004 - Brazil is in fourth place in the ranking of countries that have more piracy of DVDs and videos, with a loss of US $ 120 million

15 / 07 / 2004 - Seizures of irregular goods, such as cigarettes and computers, in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, in the first half of this year totaled around R $ 39 million, representing an increase of 86% in comparison with the same period in 2003

15 / 07 / 2004 - Central Bank warns of new Internet coup attempt, in which email is sent to users asking them to install a supposed bank anti-fraud program

14 / 07 / 2004 - Operation “Mestiço”, by the Federal Police, will investigate alcohol distilleries in São Paulo, for suspecting the presence of mill owners in the gang

13 / 07 / 2004 - Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, brings together experts from 60 countries in an attempt to eliminate unwanted emails, the so-called “spam”

12 / 07 / 2004 - In the new Ministry of Justice ordinance for film classification, producers will have to justify the appropriate age range for each film

09 / 07 / 2004 - In a Firjan survey, 59% of respondents admitted to buying goods from street vendors

08 / 07 / 2004 - Research shows that 61% of computer programs sold in Brazil are pirated, leading companies to lose 30% of their revenue due to this type of crime

08 / 07 / 2004 - OAB of São Paulo launches campaign for awareness of voting and ethics in politics

07 / 07 / 2004 - Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences creates, together with the Dolby laboratory, technology to inhibit copies of films competing for the Oscars

06 / 07 / 2004 - Directors of football clubs decided in a meeting in the Chamber to present in 40 days studies to renegotiate debt with the Union, which already reaches R $ 400 million

05 / 07 / 2004 - Under pressure from the Americans to remove the zero tariff on Brazilian products, Brazil will try to close an agreement with the USA to combat piracy in the country

02 / 07 / 2004 - National Petroleum Agency (ANP) creates software to try to prevent irregularities in the sale of fuels

01 / 07 / 2004 - Economic Law Secretariat of the Ministry of Justice investigates 10 laboratories that sold blood products to investigate possible cartel formation

01 / 07 / 2004 - Research released by Firjan shows that unfair competition practices affected 91% turnover of 192 companies in Rio

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