Business Ethics - 12/2004

By ETCO

31 / 12 / 2004 - Mercosur countries want to create a common group to combat piracy and smuggling in the region

30 / 12 / 2004 - US government gives Brazil deadline to stop piracy by the end of March

29 / 12 / 2004 - Sebrae presents tax proposal with less bureaucracy for small companies

24 / 12 / 2004 - Judge dismissed for involvement in preliminary injunction scheme for fuel distributors

23 / 12 / 2004 - House approves MP for creation of a secretariat that will tighten the siege to fraudsters of Social Security

22 / 12 / 2004 - Legal and International Cooperation Asset Recovery Department created by the Ministry of Justice helps to capture large fortunes sent illegally abroad

20 / 12 / 2004 - IRS makes new alert on fake emails involving the agency

17 / 12 / 2004 - São Paulo Institute of Weights and Measures banned 26 fuel pumps in a single inspection day

16 / 12 / 2004 - Sale of adulterated fuel in São Paulo may reach 60% of the product sold at service stations

14 / 12 / 2004 - Started a month ago, an operation to combat smuggling and piracy of goods in Foz do Iguaçu has already seized about R $ 10 million

13 / 12 / 2004 - Brazil asks the new European Commission to remove the country from the list of nations with serious problems of piracy

10 / 12 / 2004 - Federal Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro offers complaint against 52 people involved in the fuel mafia

09 / 12 / 2004 - Civil society and industry representatives launch the Permanent Forum against Piracy and Illegality in SP

09 / 12 / 2004 - Research shows that 2 million people are unemployed each year because of piracy

08 / 12 / 2004 - Representatives of various sectors of business today launch a permanent forum against piracy and illegality

07 / 12 / 2004 - European football is in the sights of the police on suspicion of money laundering, result adjustment, embezzlement and tax evasion

07 / 12 / 2004 - International computer security company warns that online fraud has increased so much in recent months that it has already reached epidemic level

03 / 12 / 2004 - Manufacturers of rodenticides and São Paulo City Hall will campaign against illegal poisons

01 / 12 / 2004 - Fiesp and the World Intellectual Property Organization can sign an agreement to encourage businessmen to register trademarks and patents