Comments on: Oké USA plans to bring more fair trade bananas to SoCal http://greenlagirl.com/oke-usa-plans-to-bring-more-fair-trade-bananas-to-socal/ Urban environmental lifestyle blog in Los Angeles Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:11:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Top Banana http://greenlagirl.com/oke-usa-plans-to-bring-more-fair-trade-bananas-to-socal/comment-page-1/#comment-69228 Top Banana Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:52:37 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/03/14/oke-usa-plans-to-bring-more-fair-trade-bananas-to-socal/#comment-69228 The issues of social responsibility are very complex. Yes, these large companies are cleaning up their act in many ways. We applaud them for taking these steps. And, the global system that pushes them to maximize return to shareholders above all else often pressures them to act in less responsible ways. Oké USA is a small company looking to be accountable to our owners—a group that include the farmers—in a way that values transparency, honesty and efficient transactions for the benefit of everyone. The issues of social responsibility are very complex. Yes, these large companies are cleaning up their act in many ways. We applaud them for taking these steps. And, the global system that pushes them to maximize return to shareholders above all else often pressures them to act in less responsible ways.

Oké USA is a small company looking to be accountable to our owners—a group that include the farmers—in a way that values transparency, honesty and efficient transactions for the benefit of everyone.

]]> By: Top Banana http://greenlagirl.com/oke-usa-plans-to-bring-more-fair-trade-bananas-to-socal/comment-page-1/#comment-69224 Top Banana Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:42:04 +0000 http://greenlagirl.com/2007/03/14/oke-usa-plans-to-bring-more-fair-trade-bananas-to-socal/#comment-69224 Chiquita to Plead Guilty to Dealing With Terrorists March 14 (Bloomberg) -- Chiquita Brands International Inc., owner of the namesake banana brand, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of doing business with terrorist groups in Colombia, in violation of federal law. Prosecutors said Cincinnati-based Chiquita and eight unnamed company executives did business with United Self Defense Forces of Colombia, a ``violent, right wing'' organization designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department in 2001, according to criminal charges filed today in a Washington federal court. Chiquita paid the group more than $1.7 million in at least 100 installments between 1997 and 2004, according to the charging documents. Payments continued even after the company was notified that the group was a designated terrorist organization, and after company lawyers warned Chiquita ``must stop payments.'' Chiquita to Plead Guilty to Dealing With Terrorists

March 14 (Bloomberg) — Chiquita Brands International Inc., owner of the namesake banana brand, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of doing business with terrorist groups in Colombia, in violation of federal law.

Prosecutors said Cincinnati-based Chiquita and eight unnamed company executives did business with United Self Defense Forces of Colombia, a “violent, right wing” organization designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department in 2001, according to criminal charges filed today in a Washington federal court.

Chiquita paid the group more than $1.7 million in at least 100 installments between 1997 and 2004, according to the charging documents. Payments continued even after the company was notified that the group was a designated terrorist organization, and after company lawyers warned Chiquita “must stop payments.”

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