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Apple: time to make a conflict-free iPhone | Delly Mawazo Sesete | Technology | The Gua... - 0 views

  • deadly conflict has been raging for over 15 years.
    • Kamryn T
       
      If this had been a conflict for such a while know why are people just now acting on it?
  • These minerals are part of your daily life.
  • They keep your computer running so you can surf the internet. They save your high score on your Playstation. They make your cell phone vibrate when someone calls you.
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  • While minerals from the Congo have enriched your life, they have often brought violence, rape and instability to my home country
  • I witnessed the deadly chemicals dumped into the local environment. I saw the use of rape as a weapon. And despite receiving multiple death threats for my work, I've continued to call for peace, development and dignity in Congo's minerals trade.
  • . Apple has been an industry leader in both supply chain management and making corporate social responsibility a priority.
    • Kamryn T
       
      Does apple know that they are buying cobalt mined from child slaves?
  • irst company to create a Congo conflict-free phone, using minerals from Congo that further stability and economic development and don't use slave labor or fund mass atrocities.
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