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I would add a minor footnote, namely the only part of the story that can be concievably considered morally relevant to us: what can be done here? And by "here"
by amirkdv 13y ago
I would add a minor footnote, namely the only part of the story that can be concievably considered morally relevant to us: what can be done here? And by "here" I mean the countries to whose jursidiction these multinational giants belong.
Just take the recent Supreme Court ruling [1] that made it even harder than it already was to sue corporations for human right abuses overseas. The ruling is already being used as precedent [2] to dismiss overseas abuse charges.
[1] "Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co." http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/10-1491_l6gn.pdf http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/12pdf/10-1491_l6gn.pdf
[2] "Al Shimari v. CACI et al." http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/al-shimari-v-caci-et-al http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/al-shimari-v-ca...