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Chocolate on trial : slavery, politics, and the ethics of business / Lowell J. Satre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Satre, Lowell J. (Lowell Joseph), 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cadbury (Firm)--History.
- Cadbury (Firm).
- Chocolate industry--Great Britain--History.
- Chocolate industry.
- Slave trade--Portugal--Colonies--History.
- Slave trade.
- Slave labor--Africa, West--History.
- Slave labor.
- Business ethics--Great Britain--History.
- Business ethics.
- Business and politics--Great Britain--History.
- Business and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Chocolate on Trial: Cadbury, Slavery and the Economics of Virtue in Imperial Britain gives a lively and highly readable account of the events surrounding the libel trial in which Cadbury Bros. Ltd. sued the London Standard, following the newspaper's accusation that the firm was hypocritical in its use of slave-grown cocoa. As compelling now as at the turn of the previous century, the issues probed by Lowell J. Satre give invaluable historical background to contemporary issues of business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and globalization. The story Satre tells illuminates what a stubbornly persistent institution slavery was and shows how Cadbury, a company with a well-regarded brand name and logo, endured ethical dilemmas and challenges to its record for social responsibility. Chocolate on Trial brings to life the age-old conflict between economic interests and the value of human life.
- Contents:
- Henry W. Nevinson and modern slavery
- The firm of Cadbury and the world of slave labor
- Portugal and West Africa
- Evidence amassed
- Joseph Burtt's report
- Careful steps and concern-or dragging feet and hypocrisy?
- Defending reputations
- Cadbury Bros., Ltd. v. the Standard Newspaper, Ltd
- The verdict
- Humanitarians, the foreign office, and Portugal, 1910-1914
- The aftermath.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-298) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4147-7
- OCLC:
- 84860270
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