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Aerospace Industry Groups Continue Push For Global Ethical Standards

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Monday, June 21st, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Aerospace and defense industry officials from the United States and Europe held their second formal meeting last week as part of an ongoing effort aimed at embedding a set of best practices and business conduct principles throughout their industry and letting their global customer base know of their commitment to ethical values. The "Global Principles of Ethics for the Aerospace and Defense Industry" were agreed to last fall by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) in the United…

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