MCRB held a “Workshop on Developing an Effective Grievance Mechanism for Your Company” in Yangon on 3 June 2015 to follow up on the Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises (TiME)/Pwint Thit Sa report. This was the fourth of a series of workshops, previous ones being on anti-corruption, human rights policy and human rights reporting.
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Corruption context in Myanmar and approaches elsewhere in ASEANEthical Sector
On Tuesday, 23 September, MCRB hosted a half-day workshop on “Anti-Corruption Programmes” for Myanmar businesses in Yangon. The workshop, held in collaboration with Spectrum – a Yangon-based sustainable development knowledge network - was the first in a series of events to follow-up on the Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises (TiME) report and build business capacity in the area of anti-corruption and human rights.
Read more: http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/workshop-anti-corruption-programmes.html
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MCRB gave talks on 2nd and 3rd February to Yadanabon University (Mandalay) and Mandalay University students and faculty from a wide range of disciplines including Anthropology, History, Archaeology. Geology, Zoology and Botany.
CRB Programme Associate Thein Than Htay presented MCRB’s 2015 Sector-Wide Impact Assessment on Tourism to Yadanabon faculty, in the presence of Rector Dr Aye Kyaw.
Read more:
http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/yadanabon-university-mandalay-university.html
A multi-stakeholder workshop on Responsible Tourism and Human Rights in Myanmar was held in Naypyidaw from 30 September to 2 October by the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business and the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
An article about industrial furnaces and its types. Including details about batch type Integral sealed quench furnace, soft nitriding furnaces, continuous gas carburizing furnace, mesh belt furnaces, endothermic gas generator and controlled atmosphere aluminum brazing furnace.
Verbit - The State of Inclusivity, A Global PerspectiveEthical Sector
On 12 January, the Embassy of Israel in Myanmar in collaboration with the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), Myanmar-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Innovation (MICCI), and Access Israel held a webinar to share experiences on the role of businesses in making their products and/or services more accessible and inclusive for persons with disabilities in Myanmar.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/assistive-technologies-b2c-services.html
On 12 January, the Embassy of Israel in Myanmar in collaboration with the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), Myanmar-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Innovation (MICCI), and Access Israel held a webinar to share experiences on the role of businesses in making their products and/or services more accessible and inclusive for persons with disabilities in Myanmar.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/assistive-technologies-b2c-services.html
On 12 January, the Embassy of Israel in Myanmar in collaboration with the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), Myanmar-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Innovation (MICCI), and Access Israel held a webinar to share experiences on the role of businesses in making their products and/or services more accessible and inclusive for persons with disabilities in Myanmar.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/assistive-technologies-b2c-services.html
Labour Issues in the Telecom Sector: Myanmar Labour Laws and Reform PlansEthical Sector
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
Community Grievance Management ExperiencesEthical Sector
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
Corruption context in Myanmar and approaches elsewhere in ASEANEthical Sector
On Tuesday, 23 September, MCRB hosted a half-day workshop on “Anti-Corruption Programmes” for Myanmar businesses in Yangon. The workshop, held in collaboration with Spectrum – a Yangon-based sustainable development knowledge network - was the first in a series of events to follow-up on the Transparency in Myanmar Enterprises (TiME) report and build business capacity in the area of anti-corruption and human rights.
Read more: http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/workshop-anti-corruption-programmes.html
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Na maioria das vezes, estimativas são feitas para saber o Retorno Sobre Investimento (ROI). Nestes slides compartilho minha jornada até aqui, abordando como abandonar timeboxes e estimativas com a implantação do Kanban. Apresento como isso possibilitou o alcance a dados científicos do processo, deixando o fluxo de trabalho mais previsível e mais ágil, aumentando valor e qualidade das entregas.
MCRB gave talks on 2nd and 3rd February to Yadanabon University (Mandalay) and Mandalay University students and faculty from a wide range of disciplines including Anthropology, History, Archaeology. Geology, Zoology and Botany.
CRB Programme Associate Thein Than Htay presented MCRB’s 2015 Sector-Wide Impact Assessment on Tourism to Yadanabon faculty, in the presence of Rector Dr Aye Kyaw.
Read more:
http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/yadanabon-university-mandalay-university.html
A multi-stakeholder workshop on Responsible Tourism and Human Rights in Myanmar was held in Naypyidaw from 30 September to 2 October by the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business and the Hanns Seidel Foundation.
An article about industrial furnaces and its types. Including details about batch type Integral sealed quench furnace, soft nitriding furnaces, continuous gas carburizing furnace, mesh belt furnaces, endothermic gas generator and controlled atmosphere aluminum brazing furnace.
Verbit - The State of Inclusivity, A Global PerspectiveEthical Sector
On 12 January, the Embassy of Israel in Myanmar in collaboration with the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), Myanmar-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Innovation (MICCI), and Access Israel held a webinar to share experiences on the role of businesses in making their products and/or services more accessible and inclusive for persons with disabilities in Myanmar.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/assistive-technologies-b2c-services.html
On 12 January, the Embassy of Israel in Myanmar in collaboration with the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), Myanmar-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Innovation (MICCI), and Access Israel held a webinar to share experiences on the role of businesses in making their products and/or services more accessible and inclusive for persons with disabilities in Myanmar.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/assistive-technologies-b2c-services.html
On 12 January, the Embassy of Israel in Myanmar in collaboration with the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), Myanmar-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Innovation (MICCI), and Access Israel held a webinar to share experiences on the role of businesses in making their products and/or services more accessible and inclusive for persons with disabilities in Myanmar.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/assistive-technologies-b2c-services.html
Labour Issues in the Telecom Sector: Myanmar Labour Laws and Reform PlansEthical Sector
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
Community Grievance Management ExperiencesEthical Sector
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
Workshop on Safety and Labour Issues in the Myanmar Telecoms SectorEthical Sector
MCRB with the support of mobile operators Telenor and Ooredoo and the participation of the Factories and General Labour Laws Inspection Department (FGLLID) of the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (MOLIP), facilitated a peer-to-peer workshop on 7 October 2016 for mobile network operators and tier 1 and tier 2 subcontractors, and consultants.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/discussion-issues-telecom-sector.html
Virtual Roundtable Discussion with CSOs on Extractives and Inclusive BusinessEthical Sector
On 26 November 2020, MCRB held its first virtual roundtable discussion series with Civil Society Organizations on “Extractives and Inclusive Business”.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/virtual-roundtable-discussion-extractives-and-inclusive-business.html
On September 25, 2020, AirQualityAsia in cooperation with Green Economy Caucus (GEC), House of Representatives, Indonesia organized a webinar on the theme “Raising Awareness towards Pollution and Its Impacts to Human Health.”
Read more: https://www.airqualityasia.org/news/raising-awareness-towards-pollution.html
Health and Pollution Action Planning (HPAP)Ethical Sector
On September 25, 2020, AirQualityAsia in cooperation with Green Economy Caucus (GEC), House of Representatives, Indonesia organized a webinar on the theme “Raising Awareness towards Pollution and Its Impacts to Human Health.”
Read more: https://www.airqualityasia.org/news/raising-awareness-towards-pollution.html
On September 25, 2020, AirQualityAsia in cooperation with Green Economy Caucus (GEC), House of Representatives, Indonesia organized a webinar on the theme “Raising Awareness towards Pollution and Its Impacts to Human Health.”
Read more: https://www.airqualityasia.org/news/raising-awareness-towards-pollution.html
Dr. Dewi Aryani : Raising Awareness Towards Pollution and its Impact to Human...Ethical Sector
On September 25, 2020, AirQualityAsia in cooperation with Green Economy Caucus (GEC), House of Representatives, Indonesia organized a webinar on the theme “Raising Awareness towards Pollution and Its Impacts to Human Health.”
Read more: https://www.airqualityasia.org/news/raising-awareness-towards-pollution.html
How are Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar Experiencing Covid-19, Including...Ethical Sector
On 22 May, Hnin Wut Yee and Myint Naing Kyaw of MCRB participated in a webinar on Disability Inclusion in Crisis Response organised by the Myanmar Business Coalition for Gender Equality (BCGE) attended by around 50 participants, mainly from civil society organisations, with sign language interpretation.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/persons-with-disabilities-covid-19.html
Launch of the 2020 Pwint Thit Sa Report research phaseEthical Sector
Companies in January received a letter to inform them of the methodology and timetable for the 2020 report. A workshop on Monday 3 February was held in Yangon attended by over 60 participants to explain the main changes and approach for the 2020 report, and answer initial queries.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/pwint-thit-sa/2020.html
MCRB and Yever held a webinar on 14 May to explain the scoring process so far.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/pwint-thit-sa/2020.html
Business & Digital Rights (Myanmar Business Associations Status)Ethical Sector
The Fourth Myanmar Digital Rights Forum took place on 28/29 February 2020 at Rose Garden Hotel, Yangon attended by over 350 participants, including senior government officials, MPs, civil society organisations, media, businesses and international human rights and digital rights experts and academics.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/digital-rights-forum-2020.html
The Fourth Myanmar Digital Rights Forum took place on 28/29 February 2020 at Rose Garden Hotel, Yangon attended by over 350 participants, including senior government officials, MPs, civil society organisations, media, businesses and international human rights and digital rights experts and academics.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/digital-rights-forum-2020.html
The Fourth Myanmar Digital Rights Forum took place on 28/29 February 2020 at Rose Garden Hotel, Yangon attended by over 350 participants, including senior government officials, MPs, civil society organisations, media, businesses and international human rights and digital rights experts and academics.
Read more: https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/digital-rights-forum-2020.html
5. • 2nd TI ‘TRAC’ report was published
2012
• research into the public reporting
practices of 105 global companies.
• TI researchers collected and
analysed publicly available data on
three dimensions of transparency:
1. Reporting on anti-corruption
programmes (covering inter alia
bribery, facilitation payments,
whistleblower protection and
political contributions),
2. Organisational transparency
(including information about
corporate holdings), and
3. Country-by-country reporting
(including revenues, capital
expenditure and tax payments).
Inspired by Transparency International’s reports
on ‘Transparency in Corporate Reporting’……….
8. 60 large Myanmar companies chosen based on
2012/3 top taxpayers lists as a proxy for size
Websites reviewed for content on:
1. Organisational transparency
2. Anti-corruption programmes
3. Human Rights and HSE, including grievance
mechanisms (instead of country by country
tax reporting as in TI TRAC report)
9.
10. Workshops with companies on good practice in:
• Anti-corruption programmes (23 September 2014)
• Human rights policies (24 October 2014)
• Reporting (3 November 2014)
• Grievance mechanisms (3 June 2015)
Information and presentations available on www.mcrb.org.mm
Research for 2nd TiME report underway on 100 companies
Publication in July 2015
11. 26) Does the company explain how it identifies and engages with its stakeholders and
provide a contact point for enquiries from stakeholders?
1.0 point - If the company explains its approach to proactively engaging with stakeholders and
how it implements this engagement, and provides a named and functioning contact point for
inquiries from stakeholders.
0.5 point - If a functioning contact point is provided but there is no commitment to proactive
engagement with stakeholders
0 point - There is no functioning contact point.
၂၆။ ကုမၸဏီသည္ ၄င္းတို ့နွင့္ ပါ၀င္ ပတ္သက္ေနေသာ လူမ်ား မည္သူျဖစ္သည္၊ ထိုသူမ်ားႏွင့္ မည္ကဲ့သို ့
ညိွနုိင္း ခ်ိတ္ဆက္ေဆာင္ရြက္ေနသည္ စသည့္ အခ်က္အလက္မ်ားကို ရွင္းလင္းတင္ျပ၍ စံုစမ္းလိုသူမ်ား
အတြက္ ဆက္သြယ္ရန္ ပုဂၢိဳလ္၊ လိပ္စာစသည္ မ်ားကို ထုတ္ျပန္ထားပါသလား။
၁ မွတ္ - ကုမၸဏီ သည္၄င္းတို ့နွင့္ ပါ၀င္ပတ္သက္ေနေသာလူမ်ား နွင့္အျပန္အလွန္ ဆက္သြယ္ ခ်ိတ္ဆက္ရန္
မည္ကဲ့သို ့စီစဥ္လုပ္ေဆာင္ သည္ ကို တင္ျပ၍ စံုစမ္းလိုသူမ်ား အတြက္ ရွင္းလင္းေျပာျပနုိင္သည့္ လူတစ္ဦးတစ္ေယာက္
ထားရွိျပီး ထိုသူကို မည္ကဲ့သို ့ဆက္သြယ္ႏုိင္သည္ ကို ထုတ္ျပန္ထားလွ်င္။
၀.၅ မွတ္ - ရွင္းလင္းေျပာျပနုိင္သည့္ လူတစ္ဦးတစ္ေယာက္ထားရွိျပီး ထိုသူကို မည္ကဲ့သို ့ဆက္သြယ္ႏုိင္သည္ ကို
ထုတ္ျပန္ထားေသာ္လည္း ကုမၸဏီ သည္ ၄င္းတို ့နွင့္ ပါ၀င္ပတ္သက္ေနေသာလူမ်ား နွင့္အျပန္အလွန္ ဆက္သြယ္
ခ်ိတ္ဆက္ရန္ မည္ကဲ့သို ့စီစဥ္လုပ္ေဆာင္ သည္ ကို တင္ျပထားျခင္းမရွိလွ်င္။
၀ မွတ္ - စံုစမ္းလိုသူမ်ား အတြက္ ရွင္းလင္းေျပာျပနုိင္သည့္ လူတစ္ဦးတစ္ေယာက္ လံုး၀ မထားရွိလွ်င္။
12. 35) Does the company have publicly available mechanisms to address
complaints/grievances from its workforce and local communities?
1.0 point – if there are mechanisms to address complaints/grievances from both
the workforce and local communities and these are made public, including
information on their implementation
0.5 point – If there are mechanisms and processes to address
complaints/grievances for both workforce and local communities but the process
and its implementation is not made public.
0 point - If there is no evidence of public complaint/grievance mechanisms
၃၅။ ကုမၸဏီတြင္ ၀န္ထမ္းမ်ား၊ ေဒသတြင္းရွိလူမ်ားက ကုမၸဏီကို မေက်နပ္ခ်က္မ်ား တုိင္ၾကားရန္ႏွင့္
နစ္နာခ်က္မ်ား ေျဖ႐ွင္းရန္ လူသိရွင္ၾကား ထုတ္ျပန္ထားေသာ လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္ ရွိပါသလား။
၁ မွတ္ - ၀န္ထမ္းမ်ားနွင့္ ေဒသခံ ရပ္ရြာ ၂ခု လုံး ၏ နစ္နာမွ ုမ်ား (သို ့) တုိင္ၾကားခ်က္မ်ား ေျဖရွင္းသည့္
လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္ တစ္ရပ္ရွိျပီး လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္ နွင့္ မည္ကဲ့သို ့အေကာင္အထည္ ေဖာ္သည္ကို လည္း ကို
၀န္ထမ္းမ်ားနွင့္ ရပ္ရြာနွစ္ခုလံုး သိေအာင္ လူသိရွင္ျကား ထုတ္ျပန္ထား လွ်င္။
၀.၅ မွတ္ - ၀န္ထမ္းမ်ားနွင့္ ေဒသခံ ရပ္ရြာ ၂ခု လုံး ၏ နစ္နာမွုမ်ား နွင့္ တုိင္ၾကားခ်က္မ်ား ေျဖရွင္းသည့္
လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္ တစ္ရပ္ရွိေသာ္လည္း ယင္းလုပ္ငန္းစဥ္ နွင့္ မည္ကဲ့သို ့အေကာင္အထည္ ေဖာ္သည္ကို
၀န္ထမ္းမ်ားနွင့္ ရပ္ရြာနွစ္ခုလံုး သိေအာင္ လူသိရွင္ျကား ထုတ္ျပန္ထားျခင္း မရွိလွ်င္။
၀ မွတ္ - ယင္းသို ့ေသာ တိုင္ၾကားျခင္းနွင့္ နစ္နာမွုမ်ား ေျဖရွင္းသည့္ လုပ္ငန္းစဥ္ ၏
အေထာက္အထားမ်ား လံုး၀ ထုတ္ျပန္ထားျခင္းမရွိလွ်င္။
13. •A process for receiving, investigating, responding to and
closing out complaints or grievances from affected
communities or other stakeholders e.g. customers in a
timely, fair and consistent manner
Operational
Grievance
Mechanism:
•A process for receiving, investigating, responding to and
closing out complaints or grievances from one or more
workers in a timely, fair and consistent manner (may
involve trade union representatives)
Workforce
Grievance
Mechanism:
•A process that allows a worker to report suspected
wrongdoing at work. A worker can report things that aren’t
right, are illegal or if anyone at work is neglecting their
duties, including when someone’s health and safety is in
danger; damage to the environment; a criminal offence; the
company isn’t obeying the law (like not having the right
insurance); covering up wrongdoing
Whistle-
blowing:
14. Whistleblowing
Operational Grievance
Mechanism
Mostly internal for
employees
Wrongdoing – breaking
the law
May lead to
disciplinary action,
prosecution
May be anonymous
Generally confidential
Mostly external for
communities,
customers
Negative impact on
rights-holders but not
always be breaking law
May lead to mutually
agreeable solutions
Difficult to answer if
anonymous
Sometimes confidential
….via telephone hotline, personal discussion with company manager,
letterbox. Some companies also use Facebook for OGM
15. Does your company have:
◦ A whistleblowing policy for its staff?
◦ A grievance mechanism for workers?
◦ A grievance mechanism for other
stakeholders/rightsholders?
What kind of things might workers blow the
whistle about in Myanmar?