Comments on: Fighting Genocide through Funds Management http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/fighting-genocide-through-funds-management Discussion about ethical issues relating to business Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:10:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: drew http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/fighting-genocide-through-funds-management#comment-3289 drew Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:05:35 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=445#comment-3289 Brad, With the possible exception of China, where economic growth seems to have lifted millions from absolute poverty, I would agree that all of these questions are very difficult to answer. With Cuba, I am not sufficiently familiar to make informed comment, and North Korea represents a horribly complex issue (one which I will no doubt blog more about in the near future). Overall, I don't think there is one right answer, and judgment calls, which will usually involve difficult trade offs, have to be made with respect to each and every individual countries situation. With the Sudan situation, I think the case for companies to stay is stronger, provided they make a positive contribution toward humanitarian initiatives, than the case for lobbying them to leave. Brad,

With the possible exception of China, where economic growth seems to have lifted millions from absolute poverty, I would agree that all of these questions are very difficult to answer.

With Cuba, I am not sufficiently familiar to make informed comment, and North Korea represents a horribly complex issue (one which I will no doubt blog more about in the near future).

Overall, I don’t think there is one right answer, and judgment calls, which will usually involve difficult trade offs, have to be made with respect to each and every individual countries situation.

With the Sudan situation, I think the case for companies to stay is stronger, provided they make a positive contribution toward humanitarian initiatives, than the case for lobbying them to leave.

]]> By: Brad Shorr http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/fighting-genocide-through-funds-management#comment-3287 Brad Shorr Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:55:51 +0000 http://www.goodhonestdollar.com/?p=445#comment-3287 Andrew, what difficult questions. Is it possible to make humanitarian headway in a country where there is so much corruption and hatred in the government? Seems to me that vacating the area removes all hope, whereas staying, even on far less than ideal terms, at least offers a slight chance. Would the Cuban people have been better off if the U.S. had maintained relations with Castro? Would the Chinese people be better off without Western involvement? North Korea? I really don't know, but we sure need to discuss this topic a good deal more. <abbr><em>Brad Shorrs last blog post..<a href="http://www.wordsellinc.com/blog/online-marketing/an-online-marketing-fairy-tale/" rel="nofollow">An Online Marketing Fairy Tale</a></abbr></em> Andrew, what difficult questions. Is it possible to make humanitarian headway in a country where there is so much corruption and hatred in the government? Seems to me that vacating the area removes all hope, whereas staying, even on far less than ideal terms, at least offers a slight chance. Would the Cuban people have been better off if the U.S. had maintained relations with Castro? Would the Chinese people be better off without Western involvement? North Korea? I really don’t know, but we sure need to discuss this topic a good deal more.

Brad Shorrs last blog post..An Online Marketing Fairy Tale

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