Not only companies but countries as well?

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I've been involved with Wikirate back in 2015, and I'm glad to see it alive and kicking!

 

I have a simple question based on my current project: Did you ever think about handling not only companies but countries (or regions) as well?

 

They deserve a close look, and quite some metrics come into my mind: amount of child labour, strength of environmental legislation, some transparency indices, etc. For example, non-cooperational, non-governmental actors like artisanal gold miners or coffee farmers play a crucial role within a supply chain. Their working conditions and human rights can be described generally with respect to the region and the sector/industry they work in, or commodity they work for/deliver. For example, it is well known that cobalt mining in the south of D.R.Congo have a high probability of child labour. As another example, electronics manufactoring in China bears mostly by a lack of worker representation and collective bargaining... just to explain my motivation a bit.

 

Best,

Sebastian

Sebastian Jekutsch.....2017-03-17 14:05:57 UTC