CAN A CORRUPTION SCANDAL EXPOSE WHAT HAS GONE WRONG WITH ‘CSR CODES’?

CAN A CORRUPTION SCANDAL EXPOSE WHAT HAS GONE WRONG WITH ‘CSR CODES’?

Due to a scandal, shall the nature of CSR Code reporting change in order to recover legitimacy? An effective response from companies to confront the situation requires new compliance procedures and rules, revised incentives, and the overhaul of deviant norms and immediate removal of guilty parties. Besides, instead of highlighting what they will do in 2025 on their CSR Codes, companies, like in the movie Back to the Future, should focus on what is happening today or what has happened in the near past with the company and what the immediate response is to the current issue... 

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Desenvolvimento sustentável no Órgão de Solução de Controvérsias da Organização Mundial do Comércio: demolindo mitos e barreiras

Desenvolvimento sustentável no Órgão de Solução de Controvérsias da Organização Mundial do Comércio: demolindo mitos e barreiras

RAP. Revista de Administração Pública. Para o texto completo, click no link 

Brazil anti-government protests: Thousands call for impeachment of Rousseff

Brazil anti-government protests: Thousands call for impeachment of Rousseff

The Debate FRANCE24

We discuss the political crisis in Brazil. On Sunday, between 1 and 2 million people took to the streets calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, whose popularity has plummeted to an all-time low. Only 8% of Brazilians support the president. That's the lowest popularity rating since the end of military rule in the 1980s. Rousseff is embroiled in a large-scale corruption scandal and is also suffering from a struggling economy. Can she see out the rest of her term?

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巴西学者:G20应建立约束机制 督促成员国践行承诺

Brazilian Scholar: G20 and restraint mechanisms should be established to supervise the practice of Member States Commitment

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Labor Law Factors in Foreign Direct Investment: A Preliminary Comparison between Brazil and China

对外直接投资中的劳动法因素：巴西与中国的初步比较

姜朋**    -   丽吉娅·毛拉·科斯塔***    -   陈涛涛**** 

摘要：在对外直接投资中，母国与东道国法律环境的差异会对实施对外投资的企业造成很大困扰。巴西与中国的劳动法就明显存在差异。这在对投资巴西的中国企业构成了严峻的挑战。本文对巴西与中国劳动法的立法体例、劳动法适用的对象以及与企业关系密切的若干具体制度加以比较，以期为投资巴西的中国企业提供有益的启示和借鉴。

关键词：劳动法；劳工保护；直接投资；巴西；中国

Labor Law Factors in Foreign Direct Investment: A Preliminary Comparison between Brazil and China

By   Peng JIANG,    Ligia Maura COSTA   Taotao CHEN

Abstract: In foreign direct investment, the huge gap of legal environment between the home country and the host country usually confuses the investing companies. Taking Brazil as an example, its complex labor legislation is quite different from China. Therefore, the companies based in China have to face great challenges when making direct investment in Brazil. This paper focuses on the comparison of these two countries’ legislation systems on labor, the applicable employees and their statutory labor rights, as well as the relative issues that are important to the enterprises, in order to provide the beneficial introduction and reference to Chinese enterprises and smooth their investments.

Key words: labor law; labor protection; direct investment; Brazil; China

Available at Journal of International Economic Cooperation

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** 清华大学经济管理学院副教授。

*** 巴西Fundacao Getulio Vargas大学商学院教授。

**** 清华大学经济管理学院教授。

DESAFIOS DE UMA OMC SUSTENTÁVEL

Desafios de uma OMC Sustentável

Ligia Maura Costa 

Estadão. Blog Gestão Política e Sociedade, 14 de julho de 2015.

Os elogios à Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC), que acabou de completar vinte anos, podem ser precipitados se seus países membros não atrelarem o desenvolvimento sustentável aos objetivos de livre comércio. Para ler o artigo, clique aqui

RAE eletrônica - Battling corruption through csr codes in emerging markets: oil and gas industry

RAE eletrônica - Battling corruption through csr codes in emerging markets: oil and gas industry

Battling corruption through CSR codes in emerging markets: oil and gas industry

Combatendo a corrupção através de códigos de CRS em mercados emergentes: indústria de petróleo e gás natural

Combatiendo la corrupción a través de códigos de responsabilidad social empresarial en países emergentes: la industria de petróleo y gas natural

2015 SEMINAR on “Brazilian Business Environment: with Focus on Labor and Taxes matters”

2015 SEMINAR on “Brazilian Business Environment: with Focus on Labor and Taxes matters” 

The Center for China-Latin America Management Studies, Tsinghua SEM is pleased to invite you to 2015 SEMINAR on Brazilian Business Environment: with Focus on Labor and Taxes matters, that will take place on July 29th from 10:00am until 11:30am

Date: July 29^th, 2015

Time: 10:00-11:30 

Speaker: Prof. Ligia Maura Costa, FGV’s São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP) 

Venue: Room 385, Weilun Building, Tsinghua SEM 

Working Language: English 

Program 10:00-10:10	Welcome and Introductory Remarks  Prof. Taotao Chen, director of the Center for China-Latin America Management Studies
10:10-10:40	Prof. Ligia Maura Costa, FGV’s São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP)  “Brazilian Business Environment: with Focus on Labor and Taxes matters”
10:40-10:55	Associate Prof. Peng Jiang, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University  “Comparative Analysis on Chinese Labor Laws”
10:55-11:30	Discussion

All scholars and interested companies, who are focusing on investing in Brazil, are warmly welcomed to participate in this workshop. 

Contact: 

Ms. Zhang Ran (zhangran@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn)

AN OVERVIEW ON EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS IN BRAZIL AND IN CHINA

An Overview on Employment Agreements in Brazil and in China

by Ligia Maura Costa and Peng Jiang

The paper is available at Business and Management Review, v. 4, n. 12, 2015 and also available online on this link

Abstract

This paper intends to compare Brazilian and Chinese labor legislations related to employement agreements, and to explain how they influence the way of doing business in both countries through a comparative analysis of the most relevant aspects. From an economic, political and historical perspective, labor legislation impacts wages, employment, domestic consumption and economic growth, among others. Employement agreements legislation affects labor market outcomes and business operations. This paper compares both legislations and concludes that regulatory changes have to be made in the near future in Brazil, in particular, but as well as in China; in order to provide a more effective environment to attain a sustainable economic growth. 

Alfredo Scaff Convida: Questões Internacionais em relação ao Brasil

Alfredo Scaff Convida

Principais Temas Tratados na Entrevista:

- Execuções na Indonésia
- Situação na Venezuela
- UNASUL
- MERCOSUL
- Itamaraty e o Mundo
- Regras propostas ao BNDES

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REPORT ON THEMES PROPOSALS FOR 2016 G20 CHINESE PRESIDENCY

【将可持续发展纳入多边贸易体制】

G20: Trade and Sustainable Development

The paper is in Chinese on this link

Negotiations in BRICS Countries

 A Survey

Do you want to know how BRICS negotiators handle their negotiations? 

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NEGOTIATION IN BRIC COUNTRIES - A SURVEY

Negotiation in BRIC Countries - A Survey

Are you Brazilian? Are you Russian? Are you Indian? Are you Chinese? If you have any of these nationalities, I would very much appreciate if you could spare five minutes of your time by completing this survey: 

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