From Colonizing Contract to Decolonizing Covenant

The article discusses developed countries multinational corporations' causing of environmental degradation in developing countries from the mid 1960s through the early 21st century, including in regard to developed countries' shipping environmental waste to developing countries and U.S. ma...

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Main Author: Ahn, Ilsup (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2015
In: Cross currents
Year: 2015, Volume: 65, Issue: 1, Pages: 30-56
Further subjects:B Contracts Moral & ethical aspects
B Environmental Justice
B Environmental degradation
B Environmental aspects
B Mexico
B Developing Countries
B History
B Social aspects
B International business enterprises
B OFFSHORE assembly industry
B Christian Ethics
B Mexico Foreign relations United States
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Summary:The article discusses developed countries multinational corporations' causing of environmental degradation in developing countries from the mid 1960s through the early 21st century, including in regard to developed countries' shipping environmental waste to developing countries and U.S. maquiladoras in Mexico. The author argues that multinational corporations' contracts with developing countries should be based on Christian ethics and environmental justice.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12109