Nestle says, “The impact that we have locally has the potential to be felt internationally; the ideas that you bring to life today could shape our future”. I couldn’t agree more. The impact Nestle has internationally can also, of course, be felt locally. Nearly half the entire Rohingya population in Rakhine state has been either […]
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Using corporate logic for social change
It is not really viable for society to impose accountability on some powerful institutions and not on others. That is the basic issue with corporations. But the onus of responsibility for imposing accountability, of course, is not going to fall upon the institutions themselves; it has to be undertaken by the people. Just as it […]
Corporate giants affirming support for Rohingya
An ongoing military operation in Rakhine state which the government claims targets militants, but which has caused at least 30% of the Rohingya civilian population to flee the country, and left possibly thousands dead; is raising ethical questions about foreign investment in a country accused of committing genocide. The #WeAreAllRohingyaNow Campaign, an initiative by independent […]
Corporate Social Responsibility and Genocide
On August 25th, 2017, the government of Myanmar launched a large-scale military operation in Rakhine state ostensibly to combat a small group of Rohingya militants. By all accounts, however, the Rohingya civilian population has suffered what amounts to collective punishment as the army pursues a scorched earth policy throughout the area; burning entire villages, and […]
Brutal Profitability in Myanmar
The problem in Arakan for the regime is the Rakhine, not the Rohingya. The Rohingya are what the regime is using to divert the growing hostility of the Rakhine; the majority population in a resource-rich state with the second-longest coastline in the country, who want to control their own natural resources, and who have a history of secessionist […]