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February 25, 2017
Saving the World, One Meaningless Buzzword at a Time
Every year you watch people lean into those little microphones and say the same thing: It is getting better out there.Multinational corporations declare their support for human rights. They adopt policies on climate change and fair pay and women’s empowerment, and coin acronyms like CSR. (That's "corporate social responsibility.") They hire NGOs to carry out impact assessments. They speak with communities before digging into the minerals below their land. Speech after speech, you hear that companies are better now, that you, the human rights advocate and your little armband, are winning. So why doesn’t it feel that way?| Foreign Policy
Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 25, 2017 9:50 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.