For a good selfie. Enhancing mobile phone recycling through simulated exposure to cobalt mining

García‐Vázquez, Eva; Cartón, Pilar; Domínguez, Micaela; Rodriguez, Noemi; Bustillos, Antonio; Dopico, Eduardo

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2020.09.012

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“…There is also information, and this is even more Despite its great wealth potential and the rapidly growing demand for cobalt and coltan, this country is also one of the poorest in the world and one of the places on the planet where child labor exploitation is most common [18,19]. It is estimated that around 400,000 children work in the mines to extract cobalt for 10 to 12 h a day [20]. The harsh subsistence conditions in the country mean that minors are forced to work in mining deposits digging cobalt rocks with inappropriate tools and even with their own hands.…”

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Blue Gold, Game-Based Learning to Encourage Sustainable Consumption: The Case of Mobile Phones

Rodríguez,

Yebra,

Dopico

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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The concept of sustainability is different in industry and in nature. In the case of mobile phones, the constant replacement by new models increases waste to ecologically unbearable limits. To encourage responsible and sustainable consumption, we designed an educational game in a role-play format, called Blue Gold. The objective was to make known the use of cobalt in the production of mobile phones and the methods and people involved in its extraction. We present three characters that each participant could become during the game: a Congolese girl, a Congolese boy, or an American boy. Through socio-educational dynamics of experiential learning, 308 undergraduate students and 31 of their teachers participated in the game. We set out to investigate whether knowing the reality of child labor and violence against women happening in cobalt mines could have any impact on consumer behavior, if the effect of the game could delay the desire to purchase a mobile phone or refuse to buy a new one. The results obtained revealed the influence of the role assumed in the game and the gender of the participants. They also revealed that this online role-playing game is effective in encouraging a more sustainable consumption behavior.

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Blue Gold, Game-Based Learning to Encourage Sustainable Consumption: The Case of Mobile Phones

Rodríguez,

Yebra,

Dopico

et al. 2024

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“…The world is continuously confronted with the paradoxes resulting from organizational practices, and their exploitative and destructive effects on the planet and people across the world, especially in the Global South [1]. The world continues to rely on fossil fuel companies that invest in oil, gas, and coal [2], cheap clothing chains that employ slave labor in South-East Asia [3], and phone companies assembling their phones using children mining the necessary minerals [4]. Debate on such concerns is present in the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Strategy literatures.…”

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How Sustainable Is Human Resource Management Really? An Argument for Radical Sustainability

Bal

Brookes

2022

Sustainability

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Sustainability has become an increasingly popular concept in relation to contemporary organizational life. The current paper reviews the concept of sustainability in relation to Human Resource Management [HRM] and poses the question whether HRM can become truly sustainable. Analyzing the notion of sustainability as an empty concept, this paper searches for new and radical meanings for sustainable HRM. Anchored in a radical understanding of sustainability as the protection and promotion of the dignity of people and the planet, this paper reviews the state of the art of contemporary HR systems and practices. It also positions sustainable HRM in the context of planetary survival and the role organizations may play in the transformation to sustainable economies. To conceptualize sustainable HRM, it is necessary to integrate new meanings through postulating appealing narratives around non-capitalist sustainable living.

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Potential Human Health Risks from Heavy Metals in Crayfish Shells Used as Food and Organic Fertilizer

Topal,

Arslan Topal,

Öbek

2024

Environmental Science and Engineering

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For a good selfie. Enhancing mobile phone recycling through simulated exposure to cobalt mining

Cited by 8 publications

References 49 publications

Blue Gold, Game-Based Learning to Encourage Sustainable Consumption: The Case of Mobile Phones

Blue Gold, Game-Based Learning to Encourage Sustainable Consumption: The Case of Mobile Phones

How Sustainable Is Human Resource Management Really? An Argument for Radical Sustainability

Potential Human Health Risks from Heavy Metals in Crayfish Shells Used as Food and Organic Fertilizer

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