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Petition:

Human Resource Management Award to Ceylon Tobacco Company Should Be REVOKED!

Target:

Director, Post Graduate Institute of Management; Council, Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka

Context:

Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC), a Sri Lankan subsidiary of British American Tobacco, was recently presented with the Overall Human Resource Management Award by the Post Graduate Institute of Management and the Institute of People's Management (semi-government bodies), for the second year in a row. CTC was also the recipient of the "Most Innovative Human Resource Practices Award." The award ceremony served to further bolster CTC's "socially responsible" public relations campaign.

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Talking points:

Original letters are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED, though a pre-written letter has been provided for your convenience. At very least, please modify it with some personalized comments.
* Describe why you are personally disgusted at CTC receiving the award
* Mention something bad that BAT is up to in your country, if applicable
* Mention any personal ties you have to Sri Lanka
OUR DEMANDS:
1) Revoke the awards given to CTC.
2) Prohibit the company from co-sponsoring future events.
3) Deny tobacco companies eligibility for future awards.

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Dear Sir:
I was appalled to learn that the  Post Graduate Institute of Management and the Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka recently presented Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) with their overall "National Human Resource Management" award (Large Manufacturing Sector) for the second consecutive year in a row, as well as their "Most Innovative Human Resource Practices" award.
Your decision to honor CTC, a company whose business is founded upon a product that destroys thousands of human lives each year, with two "human resources" awards is both deadly ironic and highly offensive.  The choice points to a serious lack of moral and ethical judgement on the part of the Post Graduate Institute of Management and Institute of Personnel Management.
Furthermore, the fact that several of the awardees, including CTC, were also sponsors of this year's award ceremony strongly suggests that the award choices may have been influenced by the corporate sponsors themselves. This is not an offering of awards to those who truly deserve receiving such awards, rather it is a sharing awards among the sponsors. The award ceremony would be a complete joke, if the decision to honor CTC did not have such serious ramifications for Sri Lankan public health efforts.
In Sri Lanka, the greatest damage done to the country's human resources is by CTC.  The company's products cause a wide array of diseases that lead to premature death (76 people per day), loss of productivity, and economic hardships for families.  CTC has already used its two "Human Resources Management" awards to cover up this harsh reality, by publicly promoting the awards as examples of the company's "social responsibility."
A company like CTC should not even be part of the annual Human Resource Management forum, but money opens doors -- in this case, an opportunity for the company to publicize that "at CTC, people come first."  That is certainly not how an ex-employee of CTC, who worked for the company for more than 20 years grading tobacco leaves, would see it,  if he was alive today.  He died prematurely of lung cancer a few years ago, as a result of inhaling tobacco leaf dust during the course of his work. And for  the families of the company's thousands of prematurely deceased customers, CTC's true mandate is devastatingly clear: "profits come first."
The decision to bestow awards upon CTC raises serious questions regarding the credibility of the Post Graduate Institute of Management and the Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka, as well as the international federations to which it is affiliated, e.g. The Asia Pacific Federation of Human Resource Management and the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations, not to mention all the entities for which council members of IPM are employed (Seylan Bank, Vanik Incorporation, Sri Lanka Telecom, Nations Trust Bank, Motha Confectionaries, Peoples Bank, eintellect Consultancy, NDB Bank, A. Baur & Co, Sri Lanka Air Force, Ansell Lanka).
A great blunder has been made in giving these two awards to CTC.  Immediate remedial action should be taken.  I join colleagues around the world in calling upon the Post Graduate Institute of Management and the Council of the Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka to: 1) Revoke the awards given to CTC. 2) Cut your institutions' financial and other ties to CTC, e.g. prohibit the company from co-sponsoring future events. 3) Deny tobacco companies eligibility for future awards.
Sincerely,

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2004-10-29

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They have already taken action:

Ms. Margaret Walker

Geneva, Switzerland

Mr. Ross Hammond

USA

Mr. Abdul Harris Hj. Abdul Wahab
Clearinghouse for Tobacco Control (c-ToB)

Penang, MALAYSIA

Dr. M. Haniki Nik M.
USM

Malaysia

Ms. Lutgard Kagaruki
Tanzania Women Leadres in Agriculture and the Environment

Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Dr. Hoang, Dang Huy
Vietnam Steering Committee on smoking and health

Vietnam

Mr. Phillip Karugaba
The Environmental Action Network (TEAN)

Kampala Uganda

Dr. Prakash C. Gupta
Action Council against Tobacco - India

Mumbai, India

Dr. Babalola Faseru
University of Kuopio

Kuopio, Finland

Mr. ADEOLA AKINREMI
Journalists Action on Tobacco & Health

Lagos,Nigeria

Mr. Miroslav Tomas
Wolf Forest Protection Movement

Vranov nad Toplou

Ms. Anna White
Global Partnerships for Tobacco Control/Essential Action

Washington, DC USA

Ms. Jennifer J. Wieczorek

Dr. Andrew Ellerman
The Cancer Council Australia

Australia

Dr. Hatai Chitanondh
Thailand Health Promotion Institute

Bangkok, Thailand

Mr. Peter Ucko
National Council Against Smoking

Johannesburg, South Africa

Ms. Judith B. Stephany

USA

Mr. ajnija omani�
Institut of social medicine Medical faculty

Sarajevo,Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dr. Frederic W Grannis Jr. MD
City of Hope National Medical Center

Duarte, California, USA

Dr. Yussuf Saloojee
National Council Against Smoking

South Africa

Dr. Anthony Scarman

Australia

Mr. Kassa Charles
Potentiel 2000 ONG

Cotonou, Benin

Ms. Indu Amatya
Janak Memorial Services Center

Nepal

Mrs. la hausse

Mauritius

Mr. Eze Eluchie
People Against Drug Dependence & Ignorance (PADDI)

Nigeria

Mr. George Bakhturidze
Tobacco Control Alliance in Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia

Mr. George Bakhturidze
Tobacco Control Alliance in Georgia

Tbilisi, Georgia

Dr. Manoj Fernando
Sri Lanka Sumithrayo

Sri Lanka

Mr. Syed Mahbubul Alam Tahin
WBB Trust.

Bangladesh

Dr. Adriana Men�ndez
Sindicato M�dico del Uruguay

Montevideo Uruguay

Ms. Brenda Marin

California USA

Ms. Manjari Peiris
Journalist

Maharagama, Sri Lanka

Ms. Jackie Tumwine

Kampala, Uganda

Ms. Jackie Tumwine

Kampala, Uganda

Mr. Rafiqul Islam Milon & Engr. Achinta Kumar Biswas
MANOBIK

DHAKA, BANGLADESH

Mr. Julius V.F. Dagot

Mr. Bhalchandra Modi
Consumer Education and Research Centre

Gujarat, India

Dr. Faseru B.
University of Kuopio

Kuopio, Finland

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