Chocolate on Trial or The Econometric Analysis of Transition Data

Chocolate on Trial: Slavery, Politics, and the Ethics of Business

Author: Lowell J Satr

At the turn of the twentieth century Cadbury Bros. Ltd. was a successful Quaker-owned chocolate manufacturer in Birmingham, England, celebrated for its model village, modern factory, and concern for employees. In 1901, Cadbury learned that its cocoa beans purchased from Portuguese-owned plantations on the island of Sao Tome off West Africa were produced by slave labor. Chocolate on Trial: Cadbury, Slavery and the Economics of Virtue in Imperial Britain gives a lively and highly readable account of the events surrounding the libel trial in which Cadbury sued the London Standard, following the newspaper's accusation that the firm was hypocritical in its use of slave-grown cocoa. As compelling now as at the turn of the previous century, the issues probed by Lowell J. Satre give invaluable historical background to contemporary issues of business ethics, corporate social responsibility, and globalization. The story Satre tells illuminates what a stubbornly persistent institution slavery was and shows how Cadbury, a company with a well-regarded brand name and logo, endured ethical dilemmas and challenges to its record for social responsibility. Chocolate on Trial brings to life the age-old conflict between economic interests and the value of human life.

Table of Contents:

1	Henry W. Nevinson and modern slavery	1
2	The firm of Cadbury and the world of slave labor	13
3	Portugal and West Africa	33
4	Evidence amassed	53
5	Joseph Burtt's report	73
6	Careful steps and concern - or dragging feet and hypocrisy?	100
7	Defending reputations	124
8	Cadbury Bros., Ltd. v. The Standard Newspaper, Ltd.	149
9	The verdict	175
10	Humanitarians, the foreign office, and Portugal, 1910-1914	183
11	The aftermath	208

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The Econometric Analysis of Transition Data

Author: Tony Lancaster

This book presents statistical methods for analysis of the duration of events. The primary focus is on models for single-spell data, events in which individual agents are observed for a single duration. Some attention is also given to multiple-spell data. The first part of the book covers model specification, including both structural and reduced form models and models with and without neglected heterogeneity. The book next deals with likelihood based inference about such models, with sections on full and semiparametric specification. A final section treats graphical and numerical methods of specification testing. This is the first published exposition of current econometric methods for the study of duration data.