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... shareholder”[20] (The United Nations, 2001) On the other side, the report clearly shows the financial network behind the coltan trade and, similarly, the ways used by the above mentioned countries; while the ... importance of the IT market, it is very clear that not only the IT industry, but also the other ones involved in the exploitation of natural resources, are very strong within the internal political ... understand the point of this thesis which is ethics, the problem is not the comprehension of the geopolitical issue, whether coltan rather than diamonds, the real problem is the attempt of facing it, ...

... Limited 2011 Rising consumption, rising influence How Asian consumerism will reshape the global electronics industry Asia’s rising consumption of global electronics output F ollowing the global financial ... 2011 19 Rising consumption, rising influence How Asian consumerism will reshape the global electronics industry Trend 4: The growing influence of Asian design and innovation will push electronics ... Limited 2011 Rising consumption, rising influence How Asian consumerism will reshape the global electronics industry electronics products, deconstructing them, and then re-designing them with Asian...

... Starters Consumerism Comprehension Questions ✍ According to the reading, what is an epidemic in well-to-do countries? Why does the reading mention take-out coffee? What is the opposite of consumerism? ... minimalism a low high b wealthy have-not c necessity guilty pleasure d consumerism epidemic e isolated event Graffiti Imagine that consumerism was the topic of a graffiti wall What would your wall ... membership terms Discussion Starters Consumerism ANSWER KEY Pre-reading Vocabulary Task b a c e g d f h i 10 j Comprehension Questions According to the reading, consumerism is an epidemic in well-to-do...