IMD-2-0121 © 2005
Steger, Ulrich; Nick, Alexander; Ionescu-Somers, Aileen
The ICT industry is using tantalum from Congo; specifically Coltan; in its mobile phones. Public interest has lost momentum in the last years the difficulty is still very much on the table to ensure that mobile phones aren't joined to environmental destruction and the bloody war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. And farther: Should international business address political questions that are sensitive and objective for a regulated coltan mining and export?
Product Stewardship In The ICT Industry The Use of Coltan In Mobile Phones Case Study Solution
Subjects: Supply chain management; Corporate sustainability management; Corporate social responsibility; Coltan; Congo; ICT Settings: Western Europe; Democratic Republic of Congo; Information and communication technology (ICT); Large multinational company (disguised); 2005
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