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Article

13 Nov 2007

Author:
John Russell, Ethical Corporation

De Beers – Curing the resource curse [Africa]

[James Suzman, head of corporate citizenship at De Beers argues] that companies have their most beneficial impacts in emerging markets by doing business there in a responsible way....For Professor Alyson Warhurst, chair of strategy and international development of Warwick Business School, mining companies operating in post-conflict countries...must...“make voluntary commitments to assess and manage their impacts, monitor the role of security forces protecting their assets and support employees to ensure business principles can be upheld”. [also refers to Debswana (joint venture De Beers, Govt. of Botswana)]