jcc18schrage.qx 4/7/05 5:43 pm Page 99 The Cocoa Industry and Child Labour* Elliot J. Schrage Council on Foreign Relations‚ USA Anthony P. Ewing Columbia University‚ USA Reports of forced child labour on the cocoa farms of Côte d’Ivoire surfaced in 2000 and quickly became an important business issue for a number of prominent companies. Media coverage and the threat of regulatory action mobilised the international cocoa industry to collaborate with other stakeholders to eliminate the
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Slavery in the Chocolate Industry Chocolate is a product of the cacao bean which grows primarily in the tropical climates of West Africa and Latin America. The cacao bean is more commonly referred to as cocoa‚ so that is the term we will use throughout. Two West African countries‚ Ghana and the Ivory Coast‚ supply 75% of the world’s cocoa market.[1] The cocoa they grow and harvest is sold to a variety of chocolate companies‚ including some of the largest in the world. In recent years‚ a handful
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Belgium Chocolate: History: First introduction is when Spanish conquistadors met Azctec king. 1585 first recorded shipment from veracruz to Sevilla‚ Spain and spread to Europe from there. The first recorded shipment of chocolate to Europe for commercial purposes was in a shipment from Veracruz to Sevilla in 1585.[17] It was still served as a beverage‚ but the Europeans added cane sugar to counteract the natural bitterness and removed the chili pepper while retaining the vanilla‚ in addition they
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Chocolate and Child Slavery: Unfulfilled Promises of the Cocoa Industry International Labor Rights Fund June 30‚ 2004 It is estimated that America spends $13 billion a year on chocolate. However‚ in the past few years‚ it has become increasingly clear that this favorite American product is tainted with the labor of innocent young children. The fact that child slaves are used in the harvesting of cocoa beans in Cote D’Ivoire‚ the world’s major supplier of cocoa‚ is undisputed. The US State
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Group member: Li Ruixuan‚ Chen Yi‚ Ai Huanyu‚ Jin Peiyao‚ Wu Jindi. Research method: This case talks about Slavery in the chocolate industry. They treat children as slavery‚ and force them to do hard work. The reason by various factors‚ we can discuss form systemic‚ corporate and individual ethical issues. Such as systemic‚ economic systems should be taken into consideration. Cocoa bean prices had declined‚ between 1996 and 2000‚ the price control by the global market but farmers had no control
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Slavery in the Chocolate Industry What a systematic‚ corporate‚ an individual and ethical issues raised by this case? The systematic ethical issues raised by this case include economical‚ political‚ and legal questions. Let us first look at the economical repercussions. Would it be economically logical not to do any business with these countries? The answer is no‚ considering close to half of the world’s chocolate is made from the cocoa beans that are grown in the Ivory Coast and Ghana
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should have personnel able to visit at least 2 times per year each registered farm for ensure the welfare of the children or at least that they are been treated with human conditions that don’t put in risk his life. The company’s members of the Chocolate Manufacturers Association are big and renowned companies with high earnings‚ so I think that they should use part of its money to this cause if they want to have access to these producers. 2. In your view‚ is the kind of child slavery discussed
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these slaves and publicized these events in the year 2000 however there was no impact of this documentary. The reason for this was later revealed to be the fact that the African government‚ African farmers‚ American chocolate Companies‚ Distributers‚ Consumers and most importantly Chocolate manufacturer association knew already knew about this issue but did nothing to rectify the situation. 2. Economically speaking‚ the price of cocoa beans declined by about 25% between the years 1996 and 2000. This
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