One of the greatest threats is the influence of corporations in human rights struggles in different countries. Now our greatest issue is how to build corporate consciousness about human rights issues and how to develop with them actions which would prove beneficial to them and people in those countries. Businesses in China are perplexed by these issues. They're finding that nations which do not respect human rights issues also do not respect the business etiquette of those which do. Then of course there are other repercussions of not observing the political and civil rights of people.
Dissent bubbles up in the most surprising and nastiest of ways.
And that's no good for investors in a country as well as a country itself. Ms. Bothne told me that Schultz was attending a press conference in Washington D.C. as we spoke on issues related to the struggle for human rights in China. He and the other human rights advocates making themselves heard are trying to make sure Jiang's visit is a historic event and not just a grand photo-op. And who knows. The idea of human dignity is one that can spread like wildfire where it is unleashed.