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C/L/523. To what extent can the behaviour of Trafigura in the Ivory Coast be explained as acceptable business activity? Critically analyse the Trafigura case with regard to the impact of power and political behaviour on business ethics in a multi-cultural environment.

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DATE:
2010
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The paper looks at the scandal related to the toxic waste dumped in the Ivory Coast in 2006 after the oil trading company Trafigura refused to acknowledge the environmental and health dangers of the waste. Unethical behaviour of Trafigura that caused harm to the people and the ecosystem of the country is discussed from the socio-cultural, legal, economic and moral perspectives.

 

KEYWORDS: toxic waste, Ivory Coast, Trafigura, unethical behaviour, environmental economics, business ethics,

 
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