Read the Following Scenario and Answer the Question Below

question 49

Multiple Choice

Read the following scenario and answer the question below.
In 2010, geologists working for the U.S. military operations in Afghanistan discovered a literal treasure -trove of mineral deposits with a preliminary estimated value at nearly $1 trillion U.S. dollars. So far, no proposals have been made for extracting these resources, but already parallels have been drawn to the many dimensions of human rights issues that have plagued coltan production in the Congo, oil drilling in Nigeria, and the ʺblood diamondsʺ of Sierra Leone. Also, keep in mind the events surrounding the record-breaking oil spill resulting from the explosion and sinking of BPʹs Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, also in the same year. In this latter event, BP made unprecedented pledges of support for the staggering costs of the Gulf cleanup, under intense pressure from the Obama administration, since the nation suffering the damage was the United States.
Congratulations, you have been appointed as a delegate to the UN -initiated Afghan Minerals Development Council, which will convene in the next few months. The goals of the Council are to oversee the extraction and export of resources, to ensure economic benefits for the Afghans, social and environmental justice, as well as environmental protection.
-Most of the miners are likely to be local villagers supervised by Afghan mining engineers. Compensation for workers should be ______________.

• A) giving the money to village leaders and local tribal leaders to determine
• B) whatever the Afghan central government, in cooperation with national tribal leaders decides
• C) whatever gives the greatest corporate profit for the employer
• D) the same rate at which U.S. miners are paid
• E) at or above the local Afghan wage with the corporate employer guaranteeing food, adequate housing, medical care, and security

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