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Mr Khan said:
Crono141 said:
More eco-nuts and their "If you're not with us, you're against us" philosophy. Nothing to see here. Move along.

They're not eco-nuts, they're human rights advocates, and they have a legitimate point: if companies are buying a lot of these conflict minerals, that puts money in the pockets of deadly rebel groups, mostly in the Eastern regions of the DRC, allowing them to continue their activities. Boycott the conflict minerals, and you cut off a source of funding for these guys and open up further possibility for a peaceful future in the DRC.

I would argue that their methodology is flawed, especially since most consumer electronics manufacturers just assemble things (if that, see Nintendo). Who you would need to target with these reports are more of the semiconductor makers, like IBM and Intel, who are on the list anyway.


You're right.  Not eco nuts, but they still have that warped philosophy.  NIntendo doesn't provide them figures, says "Go ask *blank*".  Their response:  Nintendo isn't doing enough to comply with our non-mandatory survey, so give them the lowest score possible.

 

Same as greenpeace.  Nothing to see here.  Move along.



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ok guys i believe you, no clue about what you said but still bad if you only give informations to whatever you said and every other institution is talking bad about you.



Nintendo score was zero because they didn't release any information or sources.

They never do.



The sad thing about this, is these organizations (this one, Greenpeace, etc) lose credibility with those 0 scores.

A simple "The following companies didn't allowed us to do our research so we can't comment on their praxis:..." would be a better approach.



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JEMC said:
The sad thing about this, is these organizations (this one, Greenpeace, etc) lose credibility with those 0 scores.

A simple "The following companies didn't allowed us to do our research so we can't comment on their praxis:..." would be a better approach.

Yeah but then they couldn't pretend they were doing work and are investigating stuff... when the reality is, it's the companies that go out of their way to companies like this just ask them for paperwork and sit back and wait while collecting their Non-profit paychecks.



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Kasz216 said:
JEMC said:
The sad thing about this, is these organizations (this one, Greenpeace, etc) lose credibility with those 0 scores.

A simple "The following companies didn't allowed us to do our research so we can't comment on their praxis:..." would be a better approach.

Yeah but then they couldn't pretend they were doing work and are investigating stuff... when the reality is, it's the companies that go out of their way to companies like this just ask them for paperwork and sit back and wait while collecting their Non-profit paychecks.

I actually think it is much more sinister than that ... It is a light form of extortion.