Background/history What is a conflict diamond? Diamonds from peace countries which are most likely third world countries‚ are controlled by the government. Its industry monitors the imports to avoid conflict diamonds to be imported to their country (Natural Resources Canada: The Canadian Diamond Industry). Diamonds that are imported from conflict countries are called blood diamond or conflict diamonds because they are retrieved from war zone and traded in the black market to fund rebel fighters
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CHEMALITE‚ INC (B) Executive Summary: Bennett Alexander‚ a chemical engineer founded Chemalite‚ Inc. in late 1990. The company was set up to manufacture and sell the Chemalite. The projected financial statements for the year 1992 were made to study the performance of the company in March 1991. The balance sheet and income statement of current year and projected year were provided. | |December 31‚ 1991 (Actual) |December
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What is meant by Blood Diamonds (or conflict diamond)? How‚ as portrayed in the video‚ does it impact on political‚ economic and ethical stability? It is sad to witness the abuse and unfair treatments of the poor people in countries such as Africa have to undergo in order to make some money. Also it is sad to know that after all that hard work these people put into what they do‚ these diamonds are smuggled and used to fund illegitimate activities. The Blood Diamond conflict has had serious
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Reese Weingaertner Miss Knight English 1 (PreAP) - Fifth Hour 11 December 2013 The History and Curse of the Hope Diamond Behind the beautiful steely blue Hope Diamond lies a cruel and often bloody history‚ a history that is full of mystery and intriguing stories. This ornate diamond has changed hands many times throughout its long past. The most interesting part of this is the fact that it is said that many of its owners have met with a gruesome fate. It is because of this occurrence that there
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VICTORIA CHEMICALS plc (A) The Merseyside Project Presented by Group 2 : Aldy Rifianto‚ Dedy Mardianto Floriana Nataly‚ Hiralalitya Lextro Kristiano Concorda Natallia Winata‚ Wita Puspadilla Yosua Bangun THE MERSEYSIDE PROJECT SUMMARY PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION RECOMENDATION SUMMARY • Victoria Chemicals‚ a major competitor in the Worldwide chemicals industry‚ was a leading producer of polypropylene‚ a polymer used in an extremely wide variety of products SUMMARY Victoria Chemicals
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focuses on the illegal trade of conflict diamonds. The diamonds are called conflict diamonds because slave labor is used to mine them‚ weapons trade is used to acquire them‚ and armed conflicts and massacres are related to enlisting recruitments of child soldiers and fighting between local governments and rebels. A fisherman named Solomon Vandy has his village massacred and gets separated from his family as he is forced to work as a slave mining for diamonds for a rebel organization known as the Revolutionary
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The fist argument argue that‚ diamond mining is a hazards associated with the industry‚ and it should lead to ban. While the second argument argue that‚ the companies are sufficiently improving practices and addressing public concerns. The opponents clearly state that‚ the diamond mining have affected nearly 10 millions people around the world. While some companies and countries have made a fortune from diamond mining‚ the diamond mining has a whole history of abusing human rights and exploiting
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taken and ends up as a slave in one of the country’s diamond mines. The diamonds that are dug up are usually the size of small beads‚ but one day‚ Solomon finds one that is much bigger than the usual diamond. Solomon sneaks away to bury it but he gets caught by the boss Poison. At that moment‚ the diamond mine is attacked by the government and Solomon ends up in prison. This is where he meets Danny Archer. Archer has been arrested for smuggling diamonds out of the country. Captain Poison is put in the
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ANALYSIS - Diamond as big as the ritz The story was written purely for Fitzgerald’s own amusement‚ and was not as popular as his more realistic fiction. However‚ behind the fantasy and extravagance‚ the recurrent themes of selfishness‚ beauty‚ artifice and excess are still evident in this story as much as any other of Fitzgerald’s collected works. Unger‚ the protagonist of the story‚ comes from a town called Hades‚ which in Greek mythology refers to the underworld. Unger indeed comes from the depths
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