1) An ƙaddamar da jerin shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon Church of Brother.
2) Brethren Benefit Trust da Boston Common suna murna da shawarar Aflac na bai wa masu hannun jari ra'ayin kan biyan kuɗi.
Don karɓar Layin Labarai ta imel ko don cire rajista, je zuwa http://listserver.emountain.net/mailman/listinfo/newsline. Don ƙarin labarai na Church of the Brothers, je zuwa www.brethren.org, danna kan “Labarai” don nemo fasalin labarai, ƙarin “Brethren bits,” da haɗin kai zuwa ’yan’uwa a cikin labarai, albam ɗin hoto, da kuma tarihin tarihin Newsline.
1) An ƙaddamar da jerin shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon Church of Brother.
Kafofin watsa labarai na yanar gizo-wani lokaci ana kiran su "podcasts" - ana ba da su ta hanyar aikin haɗin gwiwa na hukumomi da yawa na Coci na 'yan'uwa da taron shekara-shekara. Masu tallafawa sun haɗa da Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun (ABC), Bethany Theological Seminary, Brothers Benefit Trust (BBT), Church of the Brothers Credit Union, General Board, da A Duniya Aminci.
Ƙaddamarwa don aikin ya fito ne daga Bethany Seminary, wanda ke daukar nauyin watsa shirye-shiryen gidan yanar gizon a www.cobwebcast.bethanyseminary.edu, tare da ƙarfafawa daga Enten Eller, darektan makarantar hauza na Ilimin Rarraba da Sadarwar Lantarki, wanda ke aiki a matsayin mai gabatarwa na zartarwa na jerin gidajen yanar gizon.
Kowane mako biyu, daidai da kowane fitowar Newsline, za a ba da sabbin kaset na sauti na gidan yanar gizon da ke nuna bayanai daga ɗaya daga cikin hukumomin ko na Babban Taron Shekara-shekara. Ana iya sauraron watsa shirye-shiryen yanar gizo ta kan layi ta amfani da yawancin kwamfutoci ta ziyartar www.cobwebcast.bethanyseminary.edu, ko kuma ana iya saukewa kuma a kunna su akan na'urar MP3 ko iPod. Ana kuma bayar da biyan kuɗi kyauta (ta hanyar ciyarwar RSS). Newsline zai haɗa da sanarwar batutuwan gidajen yanar gizon yayin da suke samuwa. Don ƙarin bayani, ziyarci gidan yanar gizon cobwebcast da aka jera a sama.
Kafofin watsa labarai na farko na yau sun shafi ma'aikatar saka hannun jari ta zamantakewar al'umma (SRI) ta BBT. Tattaunawa tare da Eller da Nevin Dulabaum, darektan Sadarwa na BBT da darektan riko na Socially Responsible Investing, da Dawn Wolfe na ma'aikatan Boston Common Asset Management, sun ba da labarin yadda hannun jari na BBT ya taimaka wajen kaddamar da wani muhimmin mataki na kamfanin inshora na Aflac. kamfani na farko na Amurka da ya ba masu hannun jari kuri'a mara nauyi kan diyya. An haɗa da ƙarin bayani game da girma da cikakkun bayanai na ma'aikatar SRI ta BBT da ayyukan bayar da shawarwari, abubuwan SRI da ke tafe a taron shekara-shekara na wannan shekara, da ƙarfafawar da taron shekara-shekara na 'yan'uwa ya ba su don duba nasu jari.
Don ƙarin bayani je zuwa http://www.cobwebcast.bethanyseminary.edu, ko tuntuɓi Enten Eller a Bethany Theological Seminary, 615 National Rd. W., Richmond, A 47374; Bayani na 800-287-8822 1831; Enten@BethonySeminary.edu ko webcast@bethanyseminary.edu.
2) Brethren Benefit Trust da Boston Common suna murna da shawarar Aflac na bai wa masu hannun jari ra'ayin kan biyan kuɗi.
Wani quack ne aka ji 'a cikin duniyar kasuwanci.
A ranar 14 ga watan Fabrairu, Aflac Incorporated, katafaren kamfanin inshorar da ya shahara da amfani da agwagwa wajen tallata tallansa a talabijin, ya sanar da cewa hukumarsa ta amince da wani kuduri da zai zama babban kamfanin Amurka na farko da zai baiwa masu hannun jari kuri’ar ba da shawara kan diyya da yake biyan shugabanninsa. .
Hannun jarin Brethren Benefit Trust ne a matsayin mai saka hannun jari na Aflac da aikin bayar da shawarwari na Gudanar da Kayayyakin Kayayyaki na Boston wanda ya taimaka wa Aflac ya amince da bai wa masu hannun jari irin wannan kuri'a.
Nevin Dulabum, darektan sadarwa na BBT kuma darektan wucin gadi na saka hannun jari na Socially Responsible. "Ya zama ruwan dare a yi tunanin ana biyan albashi na rashin adalci a kasashe masu tasowa, amma ba dole ba ne mutum ya leka iyakar Amurka don nemo albashi da cin gajiyar rashin adalci da ke tasowa."
A cikin 1962, manyan hafsoshin zartaswa sun sami, a matsakaita, sau 24 fiye da matsakaicin ma'aikaci na sa'a, bisa ga binciken Cibiyar Siyasa ta Tattalin Arziki. A shekara ta 2005, rabon albashin shugabanni a cikin Amurka zuwa na matsakaicin ma'aikaci ya karu zuwa 262 zuwa 1.
Ɗaya daga cikin misalan ɓarna na baya-bayan nan na rashin daidaiton diyya shine Robert L. Nardelli na Home Depot, wanda ya yi murabus a matsayin shugaba da babban jami'in gudanarwa a farkon wannan shekara, tare da ɗaukar fakitin fansho na "zinariya" na ritaya wanda ya haura dala miliyan 200. A cikin shekaru shida na Nardelli, ya sami ƙarin dala miliyan 200 na diyya da ribar riba. Duk da cewa kudaden shiga ya karu da kashi 12 cikin dari a kowace shekara kuma ribar da aka samu ya ninka sau biyu a wancan lokacin, jimillar komawar kamfanin ga masu hannun jari ya ragu da kashi 13 cikin dari.
Batun Aflac ya fara ne a watan Oktoban da ya gabata lokacin da Brethren Benefit Trust da Boston Common Asset Management suka sanya hannu kan wata wasika tare da membobi 275 na Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) da aka aika zuwa kusan manyan kamfanoni 150. Wasikar ta bukaci a bai wa masu hannun jari “ce a kan albashi,” wato damar kada kuri’a na ba da shawara kan rahoton biyan diyya na kamfaninsu.
"Mun yi imanin cewa akwai damuwa na gaske da mahimmanci game da ayyukan biyan diyya da suka wuce kima da ke kira ga masu zuba jari su shiga cikin rayayye," in ji wasikar. "A wasu lokuta, haɓakar diyya na zartarwa ya bayyana yana da ɗan alaƙa da ayyukan kuɗin kamfani. Bugu da ƙari, shawarwarin ramuwa da masu ba da shawara waɗanda ke ba da shawarar fakitin biyan kuɗi na sama suna haifar da tasiri mai girma. Wadannan damuwa an ƙarfafa su ne a kan koma baya na ci gaban albashin ma'aikata. "
Ma’aikatan ICCR daga baya sun gano kamfanonin da ba su amsa wasiƙar ba kuma sun nemi ƙungiyoyin membobinta da su shiga tattaunawa da ɗaya ko fiye na kamfanonin. Boston Common ya ɗauki Aflac, wanda aka daɗe ana riƙe shi a cikin fayil ɗin BBT. Boston Common yana ɗaya daga cikin manajojin saka hannun jari takwas na BBT kuma yana aiki tare da BBT akan ɗimbin ayyukan saka hannun jari na zamantakewa.
Dawn Wolfe, mai bincike na zamantakewa kuma mai ba da shawara ga masu hannun jari don Boston Common, sau biyu yayi ƙoƙarin tuntuɓar Aflac. Ba tare da karɓar amsa ba, Boston Common ta yi amfani da hannun jarin Aflac na BBT don shigar da ƙudurin mai hannun jari don matsa wa kamfanin don bai wa masu hannun jari damar ce ta biya.
Wolfe ya ce "Sun yi matukar mamakin samun kudurin daga wurinmu." "Daya daga cikin dalilan shi ne sun yi imanin cewa suna da kyawawan ayyuka idan ana batun biyan kuɗi, don haka sun yi imanin shigar da shawarar ba ta da tushe." A cikin kusan tattaunawar waya guda goma sha biyu da wasikun imel da yawa, Boston Common ta koyi ma'auni da giant ɗin inshora ke amfani da shi wajen kafa diyya ta zartarwa. Su kuma manyan jami'an Aflac, sun gano cewa ba a kai wa kamfanin hari ba saboda suna da bambanci sosai tsakanin albashi da aiki, amma saboda Boston Common ta yi imanin masu hannun jari suna da 'yancin bayyana ra'ayoyinsu kan albashin zartarwa.
Hukumar ta Aflac a ƙarshe ta yanke shawarar ba da izinin jefa kuri'ar ba da shawara ga masu hannun jari kan ramuwar zartarwa, amma ba har sai 2009 lokacin da sabbin dokokin bayyana ramuwa ta Hukumar Tsaro da Musanya za a cika aiwatar da su. Kasancewar kamfanin Fortune 500 na farko da ya yanke wannan shawarar, sanarwar ta yi manyan kanun labarai. Labarin ya samu labarin shafi na daya daga “Amurka A Yau,” kuma Gidan Rediyon Jama’a na “Kasuwa,” da “Chicago Tribune,” da “Washington Post,” da wasu kafafen yada labarai na kasa, yanki, da na gida ne suka dauko labarin.
"Aflac shine babban kamfanin Amurka na farko da ya amince da baiwa masu hannun jarinsa damar bayyana ra'ayoyinsu dangane da biyan diyya na kamfanin," in ji Dulabum. "Masu hannun jari suna ba da shawarar a duk faɗin ƙasar cewa matakin na Aflac zai sa wasu kamfanoni su amince da irin waɗannan ƙuri'un da ba su da tushe."
Duk kamfanoni suna yanke shawara a matsayin ƴan ƙasa na kamfanoni game da yadda suke mu'amala da ma'aikatansu, masu ba da kayayyaki, da muhalli. "Ina ganin yana da mahimmanci ga masu hannun jari su nemi kamfanonin su da su kara yin saboda wadannan kasuwancin suna tasiri rayuwarmu ta hanyoyi da yawa," in ji Wolfe. "Muna bukatar mu rike su zuwa manyan ma'auni."
Aikin na iya zama mai ban tsoro. Wadanda ke shiga cikin ayyukan zuba jari na zamantakewar al'umma na iya samun aikin ya kasance mai tsawo da ban sha'awa tare da sau da yawa kadan don nunawa daga aikin. Shi ya sa Boston Common da BBT ke murna da shawarar Aflac. "Ina tsammanin babban labari ne, abin da mallakar BBT a Aflac ya ba Boston Common damar yin," in ji Wolfe. "Idan ba tare da izinin BBT na yin amfani da hannun jarin ta ba, da ba za mu iya shigar da ƙudurin da ya kai ga Aflac ya amince da ƙuri'a ga masu hannun jari su jefa kuri'a kan ƙudurin biyan diyya ba."
BBT tana kula da dala miliyan 415 don fiye da 5,000 Church of the Brethren Pension Plan da kuma membobin Inshora da abokan ciniki na Brethren Foundation. Duk waɗannan kudade an saka hannun jari a cikin al'amuran zamantakewa, tare da allon saka hannun jari da shirye-shiryen fafutuka wanda Ikklisiya ta 'yan'uwa na taron shekara-shekara ke jagoranta da jagororin.
Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Jay Wittmeyer, Church of the Brothers Benefit Trust, 1505 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120; 800 746-1505; jwittmeyer_bbt@brethren.org.