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Toronto's Munk School of Business is one such example. In an article entitled, "Neoconning the public", Anthony Hall explains that,
"(the) Munk School Director must satisfy Peter Munk -- and, after his death, the trustees of Munk's estate -- that he or she is meeting predetermined academic and "branding" guidelines. The U of T's adoption of these conditions sets very unfortunate precedents for the corporate sponsoring of other academic institutions."
The predatory business model being promoted is exemplified by Barrick Gold, and its founder, Peter Munk, but the model is not atypical. As an example, the same issues and violations occurred at Goldcorp mining operation in Honduras .
A study by MICLA, a research collective at McGill University, Montreal, Canada studied three major concerns as they related to a contested Barrick Gold mining operation in Lagunas Norte, Peru: water, biodiversity, and community relations.
A subsequent study in 2010 found high levels of cadmium, mercury, arsenic, and other heavy metals. Additionally, water was unfit for human consumption or local agriculture -- all in this rural region with an already scarce water supply.
The unethical "extractavist" mindset of Barrick Gold and others should be condemned rather than perpetuated in Canada's Business schools.
Violations of international agreements and declarations such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Free Prior Informed Consent (FPIC), International Labour Organization (ILO) contradict notions that Canada's mining sector, both domestically and internationally, practices sustainable, ethical business practices, and yet it is the influence of this same industry that is insinuating itself into institutions of higher learning and restricting the freedom of ideas and the elaboration of life-enhancing, sustainable business models of development -- all imperatives of a Fourth World, sustainable model of globalization that champions unity in pluralism, and alternative models of self-determination.
Totalitarian corporate globalization also drives global war and poverty as imperial wars of aggression are perpetrated (Libya Ukraine, Iraq, and Syria) and the West seeks to appropriate resources, and control new markets.
The Fourth World model of cultural, economic, and biological pluralism, of the rule of law, and of democracy, and freedom are necessary ingredients for a habitable planet, but the continued perpetration of predatory economic models, coupled with the absence of an effective apparatus to enforce international laws and agreements, is imperilling humanity as never before.
1 http://russia-insider.com/en/history/canadas-fascist-shift/ri6625
4 http://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/usa-freedom-act/
6 http://www.dw.de/germanys-anti-terror-law-10-years-on/a-15654829
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