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100 _aGirion, Lisa,
245 0 _aPipeline to Justice?.
_cLisa Girion.
260 _bLos Angeles Times,
_c2003.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
_nArticle 53,
_pHuman Relations,
_x1522-3248;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500 _aOriginally Published: Pipeline to Justice?, June 15, 2003; pp. A1+.
520 _a"If Jane Doe 1 and 14 other plaintiffs succeed in forcing Unocal to defend itself in a courtroom thousands of miles from the scene of the alleged crimes, they will make history. More than two dozen suits have been filed in U.S. courts over the last decade against U.S. corporations--including Exxon Mobil Corp., Ford Motor Co. and IBM Corp.--for alleged human rights abuses in countries from Colombia to South Africa. None has been tried." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) The author discusses attempts to hold a corporation liable for human rights violations by a foreign government that is a business partner.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aActions and defenses
651 _aBurma
_xArmed Forces
651 _aBurma
_xPolitics and government
650 _aForced labor
650 _aHuman rights
650 _aHuman rights
_zBurma
650 _aInternational business enterprises
650 _aJoint ventures
650 _aLiability (Law)
650 _aSocial responsibility of business
610 _aUnocal Corp.
650 _aViolent crimes
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004,
_pHuman Relations.
_x1522-3248;
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