DEVS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: United Nations Human Rights Committee, Artisanal Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility
10 Mar 2018
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Mining expansion: leading player in extractive industries: 70-75% of the worlds mines are owned by a. Canadian based corporation: high price of minerals because of demand free trade agreements. Investment means economic growth: leading to job growth, better infrastructure. Independent from the global north: canadian values exported (fantino) America and africa: no real job growth, undermining artisanal mining practices, environmental pollution, displacement, neocolonialism (mining laws, human rights abuses. 2013 rana plaza dhaka, bangladesh: 1138 die and 2000 injured, many of the workers were making clothes for joe fresh, fdi: 0 and foreign aid: million imports into canada: 1. 2 billion. Loose labour laws; surplus labour: labour and human rights ngos: call for supply chain transparency in the garment and. Idea that corporations have a moral responsibility beyond their shareholders to a broader set of individuals and groups affected by their activities.
