Week of 12/07

Did Social Media Save Chicago? Public Outrage Led To Needed Change: Ald. - http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20151209/downtown/did-social-media-save-chicago-public-outrage-led-needed-change-ald

Loophole in Law Allows Some Holiday Goods Made by Forced Labor - http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/loophole-law-allows-some-holiday-goods-made-forced-labor-n469111

http://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/labor-and-human-rights/

3 Ways for Corporations to Make a Lasting Impact - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/luna-atamian-/3-ways-for-corporations-t_b_8624026.html

5 Ways To Give To The Homeless This December - http://www.opb.org/news/article/5-ways-to-give-to-the-homeless-this-december/

This New App Reveals The Surprising Truth About What Our Grocery Money Really Supports - http://www.mtv.com/news/2682766/buycott-app-where-groceries-come-from/

Your Move, Nestle: When the CSR Spotlight Dims - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marianne-smallwood/your-move-nestle-when-the_b_8665468.html

Fairphone answers the call for more ethical smartphones - http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2015/1117/Fairphone-answers-the-call-for-more-ethical-smartphones

How to free modern slaves: Three tech solutions that are working - http://news.yahoo.com/free-modern-slaves-three-tech-solutions-working-140004715.html

Rebranded modern slavery fight struggles for definition - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/11/29/world/social-issues-world/rebranded-modern-slavery-fight-struggles-definition/#.VmieTNKDGko

Kevin Bales

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUM2rCIUdeI

Bales explains the business of modern slavery and the economic system it fuels.

- Do we bear responsibility for modern slavery as consumers? Why or why not? (or “How much responsibility do we bear for modern slavery as consumers?)

How can we support ethical business and fair labor practices?

Kony 2012 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc

Did Kony 2012 raise awareness about child soldiers?

Did it promote change?

Was Kony 2012 a successful campaign (as far as you know)?

Identify the positives, and solutions to the negatives of Kony 2012 - http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/09/kony-2012-and-the-potential-of-social-media-activism

Username - menickeas@cps.edu

password - grizzlies

Lastly – Is Public Awareness Effective???

• Overall, has this technology had a positive or negative effect on human rights? How?

• In what ways does this technology strengthen human rights? For whom?

• Which groups are strengthened by this technology? Do they share any common features?

• In what ways does this technology weaken human rights? For whom?

• Which groups are weakened by this technology? Do they share any common features?

• Does the effect of this technology differ for different groups of people, based on their class, gender, race, disability, age, or geographic location?

• If this technology weakens human rights, how could its application be changed in order to promote human rights?

• Does this technology create any human rights conflicts (e.g., one person’s right to privacy vs. another’s right to information)?