Word: infantes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first is the concept of infant industries--domestic spheres of production that a country tries to protect from international competition. This argument is not entirely without reason. International competition can stifle a growing industry, and domestic production is a crucial portion of economic independence. So many countries, the U.S. included, have turned to tariffs and other trade barriers to protect infant industries...
...some point, though, the industry has to grow up. And if it does not within a reasonable amount of time, the project is deemed a failure. Similarly, Israel cannot rely on its identify as an infant forever. The question remains; when should one abandon such excuses...
...boycotters' case against Nestle was a simple one: the company's marketing practices in Third World countries went against known information on infant care. The groups oppose promoting the formula abroad because of evidence linking bottle-feeding to high levels of infant disease and death, especially in poorer countries where formula may be diluted with highly polluted water. Rather than encourage breast-feeding, considered the best form of infant care, the Nestle company was more interested in luring mothers toward their product. The Nestle Corporation wanted profits more than healthy children...
Under the auspices of the World Health Organization, 118 nations in 1981 approved a voluntary code to restrict promotion of infant formula. Three years later, Douglas A. Johnson, executive chairman of the Infant Formula Coalition, which organized the boycott, was able to eat a bite-sized Nestle bar, in celebration of the group's victory...
...significance of the boycotters' success is twofold. Not only is it more likely that Third World mothers will not buy Nestle infant formula, but the chance for similar boycotts has increased. The Nestle boycott bought forward the importance of a moral stance in the face of capital list interests. The inspiration for the collective action was a simple moral repudiation of Nestle's marketing activities. The idea of compromise or negotiation did not enter the picture. By raising the conflict from dollars to morals, the coalition forced Nestle to see that profits are not everything, not even to a profit...