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Apple is making efforts in this area, but they seem to be coming up short: The company earned a mediocre "Room for Improvement" from the Enough Project in its study of the 21 largest electronics companies to assess progress toward conflict-free supply chains.

Christine Bader: Is Steve Jobs the Next John Browne? Christine Bader 2011

Demanding and purchasing conflict-free products is a tangible and measurable way to promote change in Congo.

Joseph K. Grieboski: Congo's Forgotten Sexual Genocide Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

It may not be clear exactly what end-state they envision or what process they think might get them there, but that a large majority aspires to a stable, conflict-free future is unmistakable.

Dr. Howard Sumka: Political Elites Have Failed Israelis and Palestinians Dr. Howard Sumka 2011

Apple is making efforts in this area, but they seem to be coming up short: The company earned a mediocre "Room for Improvement" from the Enough Project in its study of the 21 largest electronics companies to assess progress toward conflict-free supply chains.

Christine Bader: Is Steve Jobs the Next John Browne? Christine Bader 2011

Perhaps conflict-free bananas will be the next object of activist enthusiasm.

Africa and 'Obama's Embargo' 2011

It may not be clear exactly what end-state they envision or what process they think might get them there, but that a large majority aspires to a stable, conflict-free future is unmistakable.

Dr. Howard Sumka: Political Elites Have Failed Israelis and Palestinians Dr. Howard Sumka 2011

Right now, the conflict-free movement in the United States is growing, as more and more people learn about the conflict in Congo and demand that the companies they buy from proactively work to ensure their minerals supply chain from Congo doesn't fund armed groups.

Robin Wright: From Dragon Tattoo to Congo: Combatting the Scourge of Violence Against Women Robin 2012

But getting rid of that final thousand in twelve more years envisions an entirely transformed, conflict-free world, ready to accept a kind of global super-government to police the no nukes agreement.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Right now, the conflict-free movement in the United States is growing, as more and more people learn about the conflict in Congo and demand that the companies they buy from proactively work to ensure their minerals supply chain from Congo doesn't fund armed groups.

Robin Wright: From Dragon Tattoo to Congo: Combatting the Scourge of Violence Against Women Robin 2012

Jim McDermott is one of the architects of the Dodd-Frank financial-reform bill's Section 1502, which is supposed to ensure that tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold sourced from central Africa is "conflict-free," the latest trendy cause supported by those who claim to care about the welfare of ordinary Africans.

Africa and 'Obama's Embargo' 2011