Consumers are increasingly demanding that companies produce goods in an ethical manner, turning the spotlight on worker wages and working conditions.

现在的消费者正逐渐地要求这些消费品公司能够以具有商业道德标准的方式来进行经营，并且能够多关注工人工资和工作环境。

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Bond insurance companies are in the spotlight because of their involvement in messy mortgage securities.

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Private intelligence companies have been in the spotlight in recent months after hackers stole thousands of emails from the digital intelligence contractor HBGary Federal in February, revealing that the company had been working on proposals to spy on and discredit supporters of WikiLeaks using tactics associated with cyber warfare.

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The amount of corporation tax paid by large companies has been in the media spotlight recently.

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