labor rights and environmental justice in the global electronics industry /
edited by Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David Naguib Pellow ; with Leslie A. Byster [and others] ; foreword by Jim Hightower.
Philadelphia :
Temple University Press,
2006.
1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages) :
illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-336) and index.
Foreword: Technology Happens; Acknowledgments; 1 The Quest for Sustainability and Justice in a High-Tech World; I. GLOBAL ELECTRONICS; II. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LABOR RIGHTS; III. ELECTRONIC WASTE AND EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY; Appendix A: Principles of Environmental Justice; Appendix B: The Silicon Principles of Socially and Environmentally Responsible Electronics Manufacturing; Appendix C: Sample Shareholder Resolutions; Appendix D: Computer TakeBack Campaign Statement of Principles; Appendix E: Electronics Recycler's Pledge of True Stewardship; Acronyms Used.
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A revealing look at the dark side of the electronics industry and global efforts to move it toward greater sustainability and accountability.