Roger Award 2016: Nominations Now Open

The Roger Award is for The Worst Transnational Corporation Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2016

Here is the link to the 2016 Roger Award online nomination form http://canterbury.cyberplace.co.nz/community/CAFCA/roger-award-2016-form.html

You can also download the hard copy nomination form from there.

Criteria:

The criteria for judging are by assessing the transnational (a corporation which is 25% or more foreign-owned) that has the most negative impact in each or all of the following categories:

People – Unemployment, impact on tangata whenua, impact on women, impact on children, abuse of workers/conditions, health and safety of workers and the public

Environment – Environmental damage, abuse of animals

Political interference – Interference in democratic processes, running an ideological crusade

Economic Dominance – Monopoly, profiteering, tax dodging, cultural imperialism

The period covered is from November 1st 2015 until October 31st 2016

Judging:

The judges for 2016 are: David Small, a lawyer and Associate Dean in Education at the University of Canterbury; Dean Parker, Auckland writer and former Writers’ Guild delegate to the Council of Trade Unions; Sue Bradford, community activist with Auckland Action Against Poverty and Economic and Social Research Aotearoa (ESRA); Deborah Russell, feminist, social and political commentator and tax expert, Tertiary Education Union member, and candidate for the Labour Party in 2014; and Teresa O’Connor, Co-Editor of Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, the national nursing magazine; a celebrant; and a founding member of Voice Nelson, a social justice activist group in Nelson, primarily concerned with housing, employment and health. They will be given a shortlist of finalists.

The winner(s) will be announced at an Auckland event in April 2017 (venue and date to be announced later).

Nominations:

You can nominate the same transnational as last year as long as the nomination is about their misdeeds in 2016. Please send as much detail as you can, including newspaper clippings and reports, but you do not have to do all the research. Just quote sources if you can. Please note that Fonterra is not eligible.

Accomplice Award:

You may also nominate an organisation (not an individual) which has been the worst Accomplice in 2016 in aiding and abetting transnational corporations in New Zealand to behave as described in the criteria. The Accomplice’s award is in addition to the Worst Transnational Corporation award and will not necessarily be awarded every year. You may nominate for either or both awards.

Nominations close on October 31, 2016. Send your nomination to: The Roger Award, Box 2258, Christchurch 8140 Or by e-mail to cafca

Murray Horton, On behalf of the Roger Award organisers, CAFCA & GATT Watchdog.

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