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When evaluating, the learner makes value judgments based on criteria and standards and can they justify a position or decision they make.
Conflict and dealing with people/organisations that do not agree with you or have a counter narrative is a basic fact of life. How you deal with it is related to a multiplicity of drivers. Your personality, organisational policy, team dynamic etc. At some time in your career, you will be in a position of responsibility and you will need to have the conflict handling skills to deal with different people/organisations in various situations.
This Unit deals with cocoa exploitation by the leading Finnish company Fazer. If you synthesise Unit C2 Nokia and blood minerals, Unit C3 Stora Enso exploiting child labour, Unit C5 UPM's adventures in Fray Bentos, then the Finnish corporate landscape is rich in exploitation and injustice.
An interesting question – if those working in the cultivation of cocoa, digging for rare earth minerals or collecting wastepaper on landfills were not getting the income from their labours, even if they are children, where precisely is the family they support going to get the money for the next meal? It is all very well we in the West sit on imperious shoulders and tell others what to do, but this is no different to what the empires of yesteryear did when they expanded, the objective was the same, the means different? Has intellectual imperialism replaced military colonialism?
C.5. Reading (Look at this before doing the tasks). The Tasks and Answer Key/Pointers/Sources are in Theme H in the drop-down menu at the top of this page.
https://www.slavefreechocolate.org/
Think About:
“Low prices are what consumers consider fair, even if their affordable goods create injustice” – Carol Off
“More slave tainted chocolate is sold at Easter than any other holiday. – Think about it – Do something” – Slave Free Chocolate
“Chocolate should be enjoyed by children not made by them” – Be Slavery Free
Materials Updates/News:
Periodically, materials will be updated, or there may be news items worthy of attention related to this Unit. They will be notified here. If you come across any news/resources, e.g. journal/newspaper articles relevant to the content of this website, please let me know. I can be contacted via the email address below.
Yle. 17.6.2023. Ikea taking Marabou off shelves in Finland, but Finnish grocers not joining Mondelez boycott…
Benchmark certification systems have not always been attractive:
Doherty, B. (5.12.2016). It’s not a very merry Christmas for Fairtrade chocolate. The Conversation.
https://theconversation.com/its-not-a-very-merry-christmas-for-fairtrade-chocolate-69761
Brenner, J. (2000). The Chocolate Wars: Inside the Secret World of Mars and Hershey. Broadway Books.
Mondelez continues to attract attention, from Guido, the title pulls no punches:
Interesting sites:
https://www.thechocolatewarfilm.com/
https://www.thenoproject.org/slavery/cocoa-slavery/
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