This Special Edition blog post is to remind all my faithful readers (thanks mom!) that WVU’s Business and Human Rights Conference is only five days away. It all begins on Monday September 23rd. There is still time to register but the deadline (Friday morning) is fast approaching. Please visit the website here for all of the information including: a draft agenda, a list of participants and my thoughts on why this conference is so important.
I hope to see all of you there.
The story, which broke at the end of June, told of Mr. Starnes being imprisoned by his workers – who feared that the American born Starnes was going to close down the factory, making them jobless.
The workers did not let Mr. Starnes leave until he provided them with a compensation and severance package.
I have no words for this … or rather, I have plenty of words but they need time to percolate. In the meantime, I would love to hear from those of you who have watched this story. Do you think this is an example of effective negotiations? Or just vigilante justice gone awry? And what does this say about business and human rights issues?
For full coverage of the story please see here.
