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15 March 2002
Here are a few stories from the latest edition of the ANU Reporter
Page 1: Call
for global system to curb tax evasion
Globalisation has seen tax evasion become ordinary practice for the world’s
wealthiest individuals and corporations and turned the original aim of taxation
on its head, an ANU academic claims. Professor John Braithwaite, from the
ANU’s Centre for Tax System Integrity in the Research School of Social
Sciences, has called for international efforts to stop “fiscal termites”.
Page 3: Jail
for victimless crimes 'morally wrong', says academic
An ANU academic says punishing people who commit victimless crimes such
as taking drugs, gambling and prostitution is not morally justified and
may even lead to more violent crime. Dr Daniel McDermott, from the Social
and Political Theory Program in the Research School of Social Sciences,
said although punishment was morally justified as retribution on offenders
who violate victims’ rights, it was not justified in response to “crimes”
that had no identifiable victims.
Page 7: Corporations
urged to draw up codes of conduct
International corporations need to be encouraged to follow industry-specific
codes of conduct to ensure their operations do not violate human rights,
an academic from the ANU’s Centre for Commercial Law, in the Faculty
of Law said. Professor Stephen Bottomley said corporations were in a powerful
position to change their “enemy of human rights” image.
For more information:
ANU Reporter Editor, Sean Daly — 6125 4171 (w) or 0416 249
100 (mobile)
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