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    Conflict minerals acquire their name from being mined in horrible conditions. Rebel groups and militias benefited by exporting the minerals while miners were hurt through child labor, rape, and lack of payment. Intel aimed to eliminate conflict minerals but could not do so unilaterally due to the complex global supply chain and inability to track mineral origins.

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    Conflict minerals acquire their name from being mined in horrible conditions. Rebel groups and militias benefited by exporting the minerals while miners were hurt through child labor, rape, and lack of payment. Intel aimed to eliminate conflict minerals but could not do so unilaterally due to the complex global supply chain and inability to track mineral origins.

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    INTEL AND CONFLICT MINERALS 1

    Intel and Conflict Minerals

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    Intel and Conflict Minerals

    1. How do conflict minerals, and in particular, conflict coltan get their name? What

    groups benefited from the trade in conflict minerals? What groups were hurt by

    it?

    Conflict minerals; mostly refer to tin, gold, tantalum, and tungsten. Conflict minerals

    acquire their name from the condition in which the listed minerals were mined and acquired.

    The term is linked to the horrible conditions in which miners are subjected during the mining

    process. The groups that gained from the conflict minerals include the Congolese army, rebel

    groups in Congo, Militias, and beneficiary countries that buy these minerals and refine them

    to end product. The groups that are hurt in conflict minerals include children involved in

    child labor, locals, women who are raped, and the general civilian population in the mining

    areas (Lawrence & Weber, 2020). While the army, militia, and rebel groups benefited from

    minerals which they exported to other countries, the individuals involved in the mining

    process were hurt by the process as they never received their income, some were exported

    through taxation, and others were intimidated into surrendering their minerals.

    4. In what why Intel was unable to eliminate conflict minerals from its supply chain

    unilaterally that is without the help of others?

    Intel was one of the companies that aimed at addressing the issue of conflict minerals.

    However, as an individual organization, Intel was unable to individually eliminate the

    problem. The organization was unable to eliminate the issue of conflict minerals as the

    supply chain for the listed minerals was complex and involved a multistep global supply

    chain. From the place of mining to the final product, many traders, manufacturers, and

    countries are involved before the final product reaches Intel (Lawrence & Weber, 2020). The

    complexity in the process made it difficult for Intel to effectively eliminate the issue of
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    conflict minerals as the company could not track the origin of the raw materials they were

    using in their production process.


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    Reference

    Lawrence, A. T., & Weber, J. (2020). Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public

    Policy (16th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill/Create Custom ISBN# 978-1-260-04366-

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