Conflict-free minerals supply-chain to electronics

Electronics Goes Green 2012+, ECG 2012 - Joint International Conference and Exhibition, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Young, Steven B ^a   Dias, Goretty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT FREE; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); ELECTRONICS SECTORS; MARKET VOLUME; SOCIAL PERFORMANCE; STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION; STRATEGIC RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXHIBITIONS; MANAGEMENT; REFINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TANTALUM;

SMELTING;

EID: 84871842198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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