Chocolate on trial
Subtitle: slavery, politics, and the ethics of business
By: Lowell J. Satre.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Athens, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780821416266; 9780821416259
Subjects: Cadbury Ltd. -- History; Chocolate industry -- Great Britain -- History; Slave trade -- Portugal -- Colonies -- History; Slave labor -- Africa, West -- History; Business ethics -- Great Britain -- History; Business and politics -- Great Britain -- History
Description: "Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business recounts the events surrounding the libel trial in which Cadbury Bros. sued the Standard of London over the newspaper's accusation that the firm was hypocritical in its use of slave-grown cocoa. Lowell J. Satre's story probes the issues of globalization, corporate social responsibility, journalistic sensationalism, and devious diplomacy at a time when Western industrialized society was beginning to ask whether some cheap goods might not have too high a cost." "Based on meticulous research, Chocolate on Trial is the first book about a landmark trial that laid bare the interplay of politics, labor, and social activism in the wake of imperialism and the globalizing economy."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-298) and index.
Table of contents: title: Henry W. Nevinson and modern slavery; title: The firm of Cadbury and the world of slave labor; title: Portugal and West Africa; title: Evidence amassed; title: Joseph Burtt's report; title: Careful steps and concern-or dragging feet and hypocrisy?; title: Defending reputations; title: Cadbury Bros., Ltd. v. the Standard Newspaper, Ltd; title: The verdict; title: Humanitarians, the foreign office, and Portugal, 1910-1914; title: The aftermath.