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100 | _aGirion, Lisa, | ||
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_aPipeline to Justice?. _cLisa Girion. |
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_bLos Angeles Times, _c2003. |
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_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004. _nArticle 53, _pHuman Relations, _x1522-3248; |
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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 | ||
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_aBurma _xArmed Forces |
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_aBurma _xPolitics and government |
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650 | _aForced labor | ||
650 | _aHuman rights | ||
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_aHuman rights _zBurma |
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650 | _aInternational business enterprises | ||
650 | _aJoint ventures | ||
650 | _aLiability (Law) | ||
650 | _aSocial responsibility of business | ||
610 | _aUnocal Corp. | ||
650 | _aViolent crimes | ||
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_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004, _pHuman Relations. _x1522-3248; |
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