A Major Step Forward for U.S. Corporate Accountability
Many U.S. companies must soon disclose if their products are tainted by minerals often mined by slaves in central Africa. A federal appeals court panel has upheld most elements of the “conflict minerals rule,” which is a new corporate transparency regulation that can help consumers and investors, as well as people in slavery.
The rule was authorized by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 and formally issued by the Securities read more >