Challenging the chip : labor rights and environmental justice in the global electronics industry /

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A revealing look at the dark side of the electronics industry and global efforts to move it toward greater sustainability and accountability.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Smith, Ted, 1945- (Editor), Sonnenfeld, David Allan (Editor), Pellow, David N., 1969- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Electronic industries.
Employee rights.
Environmental justice.
Globalization.
Civil rights.
Grievance procedures.
Pollutants.
International cooperation.
Occupational Health
Civil Rights
Electronics > organization & administration
Employee Grievances
Environmental Pollutants
International Cooperation
Industries électroniques.
Personnel > Droits.
Justice environnementale.
Mondialisation.
Droits de l'homme.
Griefs (Relations industrielles)
Polluants.
Coopération internationale.
globalism.
civil rights.
pollutants.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Pollutants
International cooperation
Grievance procedures
Civil rights
Electronic industries
Employee rights
Environmental justice
Globalization
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: Technology Happens; Acknowledgments; 1 The Quest for Sustainability and Justice in a High-Tech World; I. GLOBAL ELECTRONICS; II. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LABOR RIGHTS; III. ELECTRONIC WASTE AND EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; Appendix A: Principles of Environmental Justice; Appendix B: The Silicon Principles of Socially and Environmentally Responsible Electronics Manufacturing; Appendix C: Sample Shareholder Resolutions; Appendix D: Computer TakeBack Campaign Statement of Principles; Appendix E: Electronics Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship; Acronyms Used.

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