Unanswered Questions - Companies, Conflict and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Article from: OGEL 3 (2004), in Governance Issues
Introduction
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is emerging from a devastatating five-year war that is estimated to have cost the lives of more than three milion people. Multinational corporations have been accused of helping to perpetuate the war and of profiteering from it. In a series of reports documenting the links between business, resource exploitation and conflict in the DRC, a UN Panel of Experts listed companies considered to be in violation of international business norms such as the OECD Guidelines of Multinational Enterprises. The UN reports raised the expectation that ...