SCM Research
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
In my courses, I introduce the key ideas of SCM by discussing a map of our globe. What can be problematic about sourcing raw materials from the Congo? Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Questions we discuss include: Who is actually producing our computers? Where does value creation take place?
Enterra Insights
DECEMBER 7, 2023
They want to know you’re not using children going into mines in Congo, or families being thrown into boats to go fishing for shrimp and never see land.” ”[7] Of course, eliminating slavery is only one issue associated with Human Rights Day. He states, “I think consumers have done their bit and continue to do so.
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Supply Chain Shaman
OCTOBER 17, 2018
Congo Metals. When I was 28, a person working for me in a well-known company set-up a company in the name of his girlfriend and over the course of eight years stole over 1M$. Knowledge of origin and handling is essential to improving CSR initiatives. Fair Labor. Ethical Sourcing. Use of Slave Labor.
Logistics Viewpoints
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
But, in 2019, the Trump Administration stopped imports of clothing, gold, diamonds, and other items believed to have been produced with forced labor by companies based in Brazil, China, and Malaysia, as well as some gold mined in eastern Congo and diamonds from a region in Zimbabwe. The big question is how far would they be willing to travel?
The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog
MARCH 13, 2019
For example, over 60% of cobalt comes from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which uses the labor of tens of thousands of children as young as four years old in its mines. [4]. 2018, www.cbsnews.com/news/the-toll-of-the-cobalt-mining-industry-congo/. [5] 2018, www.cbsnews.com/news/the-toll-of-the-cobalt-mining-industry-congo/. [5]
RFgen
JANUARY 31, 2017
Just last year, Amnesty International, a non-profit leader in human rights, found that Sony, Microsoft, Samsung and Apple used cobalt in their products, which were mined from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First, it could drive some customers away from the company’s product entirely.
RFgen
JANUARY 31, 2017
Just last year, Amnesty International, a non-profit leader in human rights, found that Sony, Microsoft, Samsung and Apple used cobalt in their products, which were mined from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. First, it could drive some customers away from the company’s product entirely.
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