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for business ethics research on the \/eb is Sharon Stoeger's website, '"hich includes links ,o several cises; www.estentitil.urg The Essential Organi,a,ion provides links to numerous organizations and data resources that de!tl ,vith corporate soc:i:11 responsi bility; wwr:.1.ser.go,,/cdgar.1ht1nl The U.S. go,crnn1ent provides searchable access ro all SEC cmpany filings; ,rw,r.better.sorldli11kr.orgl/1ook JOQ.h1111 Resources for Activists has information on con1panies, as does (:orporate Watch ('r."WW.corpu1atch.org), \.Vorld \Vatch (www.worldwatd,.org), and Ethical Business (:z;ww.nrq.,o.ttklethita/Jmsiness); 'WZlw.bsr.org Business for Socia] Responsjbility js one of the best sites for iufonnation on social responsibHity in business; other sin1ilar sites include Mallenbaker\; corporate soda! responsibility site (t:.>1:.'1J!.?nalk11bakt1:nctlcrr), and the CO'l)Oratc social responsibility forum of the International Business 1..-eaders l"oruru (www.pwblfurg).

Slavery in the- Chocolate lndustryl

Close I hlf of the worldl; chocolate is made from ,he highly prized top-quality cocoa bans rllat are grown n f.ums in the Ivory Coast and Gh.in.1., a mall n:.1tion oo the: v.rcstfll side of A.fr.ica. The farmers of these poor naoons arcnotorious, ho,;\cvcr, for sometimes rclying on sbves: to har ...vest cheit beans. Tb.e .sh\.,.CS arc boys bcn\-een 12 anadoo to {orce the- boys todo the bot, difficult wot.k of cJe:u-ing- the fiel000 chiJdren fron1 t.hc.

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neighboring nations of Benin 1 Burkina. Faso, :\1a1i. and ... fi.>go had been old into sl:i\'ery in the: lvol) Coast. A Knight Ridder nc,,...sp.,pcr 10,est-Igation published on June 24, 2001 calleSlS in 1n 3.tteinpt t suniv the doY.11turn in the global m,rkct for