Title Page
Abstract
Contents
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 8
1.1. PURPOSE 12
1.2. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 14
1.3. HYPOTHESIS 15
1.4. FRAMWORK 16
1.5. METHODOLOGY AND LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH 18
1.6. RESEARCH ORGANIZATION 19
CHAPTER II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 20
2.1. INTRODUCTION 20
2.1.1. Multinational corporations (MNCs) 20
2.1.2. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 23
2.2. CORPORATE ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF MNCs 27
2.2.1. INTRODUCTION 28
2.2.2. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN ZONES OF CONFLICT 28
2.2.3. CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY 29
2.3.4. CORPORATE CODE OF CONDUCT 30
2.3.5. THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT 31
CHAPTER III. THE DRC NATURAL RESOURCES: COLTAN 33
3.1. INTRODUCTION 33
3.2. THE DRC COLTAN 34
3.2.1. What is COLTAN? 34
3.2.2. COLTAN EXPLOITATION 36
CHAPTER IV. MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN DRC's ZONE OF CONFLICT: EAST 39
4.1. INTRODUCTION 39
4.2. THE IMPLICATION OF PRIVATE COMPANIES 40
4.2.1. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN DRC 47
4.2.1. MAIN COMPANIES INVOLVED IN CONGO CONFLICT 49
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION 53
References 60