The Network is sponsored by the Rural Finance Group at The Ohio State University and the Marketing and Credit Service Office of FAO in Rome, Italy. This list seeks to provide a bridge between business people in all lands and provide them a way to make contacts, find new trading partners and share resources. The world economy is undergoing rapid change.
Some corporations are larger and more powerful than some governments.
This creates a difficulty in that multi-national corporations answer only to their shareholders and not to the publics in countries in which they operate. Consequently, these corporations have great opportunities to produce well or ill. Fortunately, they are sensitive to public pressure and comment about their activities since such comment can affect their share values. With that in mind, a new discussion list has been created with the objective of publicizing and debating corporate actions for good or bad. It is believed that shining the light of discussion on corporate activities can produce a higher standard of ethical behavior for business managers.