While free-spirited circles get in the hair because of the corporate responsibility initiative, the cause enjoys great support from the population.
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Philippe Rossier
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… how the liberal old Councilor of States Dick Marty wants tougher rules will be shown at the ballot box.
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Monika Rühl (57) swings the two-handed sword. The director of the large business association Economiesuisse hacked on the website of her employer on trade director Hans-Ulrich Bigler (62).
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It has been a long time since Rühl was a diplomat. Obviously a lot has built up during this time that she could not let out afterwards as Secretary General in the economic department.
The trade director therefore does not want to be harnessed to the cart of the corporations. His reluctance is likely to have something to do with the fact that the initiative’s concern enjoys broad support among the population: large companies should also have to behave correctly abroad. They should be obliged to take responsibility for the companies they control outside of Switzerland.
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Just smashed dishes
Parliament had failed to pass an effective counter-proposal, which is why the voters will vote on the initiative in November.
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The fact that Rühl is now doing exactly what she tells Bigler to do, namely to pick up the verbal mallet, does not change Bigler’s personal stance on the initiative. He is still keeping a yes to the initiative open. And Bigler only says about the statements to BLICK: “If you can’t convince with arguments, you just have to drive like Ms. Rühl.”
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By saying goodbye to her past as a diplomat, Rühl is likely to have smashed some dishes. But she hardly scored in the trade.