The Roger Award

The Roger Award

Organised by CAFCA and GATT Watchdog

Contact details:

The Roger Award, P O Box 2258, Christchurch

Email: cafca@chch.planet.org.nz

The Roger Award is for The Worst Transnational Corporation

Operating in Aotearoa/New Zealand in 2005

Nomination Form

Your Name..........................................

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Transnational Corporation nominated_________________________________

Reasons why you think your nominee is the worst TNC in NZ in 2005 (see overleaf

for criteria)

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Please use the other side of this form if you need more space. Details of the award are on the other side.

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Criteria:

The criteria for judging are by assessing the transnational that has the most negative impact in each or all of the following categories:

Economic Dominance -

Monopoly, profiteering, tax dodging, cultural imperialism

People -

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

Environment -

Environmental damage, abuse of animals

Political interference -

Cultural imperialism, running an ideological crusade

Judging:

The judges for 2005 are: John Minto, from Auckland, a veteran political activist, National Chairperson of the Quality Public Education Coalition and a spokesperson for Global Peace and Justice Auckland; Maire Leadbeater, from Auckland, a veteran anti-nuclear and human rights activist, current spokesperson for the Indonesia Human Rights Committee; Laila Harre, from Auckland a trade union leader and former Cabinet Minister; and Mary-Ellen O’Connor, from Nelson, a senior educationalist and political activist. They will be given a shortlist of nominations from which to make their decision. The winner(s) will be announced in early 2006 at an event in Auckland.

Nominations:

You can nominate the same transnational as last year as long as the nomination is about their misdeeds in 2005. Please send as much detail as you can, including press cuttings and reports, but you do not have to do all the research. Just quote sources if you can.

Nominations close on October 31 2005. Send your nomination to:

The Roger Award, Box 2258, Christchurch; fax (03) 3663988 or email to cafca@chch.planet.org.nz