Global Citizenship Education Network Reconciliation Conference has been successfully organized in Tokyo Japan in September 3rd 2017. We are very honored to welcome the participation of Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador Shunji Yanai, Ambassador Masatoshi Muto,...
Issue 2017: Prevent Cyberwarfare
Cyberwarfare is an increasing risk in 2017, as state actors develop and deploy sophisticated cyber capabilities that threaten critical infrastructure and assets such as power, water, financial, information, military, and command and control networks. Over a...
Learning from Example
In its September monthly meeting, the Boston Global Forum looks at successful labor-rights implementation models and ways to implement these models in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Cambodia . Photo: Arnold Zack (left) with Governor Michael Dukakis at the BGF meeting The...
Power of the Consumer- Sustainability: Consultant Shruthi Rao talks to BGF
Shruthi Rao has over a decade of experience in sustainability project management, from inception to implementation. She has worked on environmentally sustainable projects across various industries, including education, newspaper publishing, and IT, encompassing areas...
Better Factories Cambodia Face Challenges Ahead
Even though championed by many people as the representative model for the improvement of international labor standard, Better Factories Cambodia has recently come under pressure and criticism from both the Cambodian government and the factory association when the...
Bangladesh garment tragedy-Insights from Professor John Quelch’s Case study
Professor John Quelch, the co-founder and member of Board of Director of Boston Global Forum, is a distinguished Professor of Business Administration, who has has recently authored a Harvard Business School case study on the tragic Rana Plaza garment factory collapse...
Doing Business in Bangladesh – a reveal of truth for improving worker safety
Bangladeshi government must be responsible to push up factory inspections, and manufacturers should invest more into making their factories safer. And the more important thing is that U.S and European retailers must demand it and help pay for it. However, behind all...
A Closer Look at Auditing- BGF speaks with Social Auditor Rachelle Jackson
The Rana Plaza factory collapse has sought greater commitment from brands across the world especially with regard to auditing procedures in their supply chains. But what exactly is an auditing process, who are its key players, how did it evolve and how can it be made...