This report aims to look at the prevalence of child labor and slavery in the cocoa industry specifically in Ghana and the Ivory Coast and the many responses that have been taken in order to combat it. The paper starts out by reviewing the context in which both child labor and slavery exists in the … Continue reading
In the United States alone there is 45.5 million people with gym memberships. With people agonizing on exercise machines throughout the country there has to be a way to capitalize on the mass amounts of energy that people are putting into the gym. While the technology already exists to capture the energy and use it … Continue reading
I decided to write my short story as a reflection piece from the perspective of Mike Daisy’s translator, Cathy, after hearing about Daisy’s piece on working conditions at Foxconn. “今天我遇到了一名美国记者采访了谁打电话核实一个故事，以前的’商人’麦克·黛西，他是一个人，我最近翻译为他走访了三个不同的工厂在中国各地，采访到了一些人对他们的在工厂的工作条件和时间，然而，这是一个非常不同 Continue reading
Cocoa Industry Background Chocolate is a product that millions of people around the world consume on a daily basis with Americans alone consuming $16 billion or 2.8 billion pounds of chocolate every year (Reilly, 2013). Despite chocolate companies being distributed around the world the location that the cocoa is sourced is very concentrated. Ghana and … Continue reading
After listening to Elon Musk’s TED talk I couldn’t help but think how important it is that society looks at sustainability and how we can incorporate it into our every day lives. With Musk taking sustainability to heart he has been able to successfully develop companies whose future is limited much further than just the … Continue reading
Doctor-patient confidentiality is a legal concept that everyday people rely on in order to insure patients receive the best possible care. The law was first introduced to encourage patients to be as honest as possible with their physician without fear of judgment or that the information will be made readily available. In turn it is … Continue reading
African slaves Made all your food What are we all going to do? I plan on looking at child labor and slavery in the production of chocolate, or more specifically cocoa, through the relativism standpoint to discuss the chocolate manufacturers’ choices. With 75% of the worlds chocolate supply being provided by the Ivory Coast and … Continue reading
