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SUMMARY:Rating Companies on Responsible Sourcing: Data Sprint - Amnesty In
 ternational and WikiRate
DTSTART:20160118T123000Z
DTEND:20160118T163000Z
UID:TALK63510@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:39422
DESCRIPTION:Products we use every day — like smartphones\, laptops and c
 ars — contain minerals that may have fueled violence and human rights ab
 uses in countries like Afghanistan\, Colombia\, Myanmar and the Democratic
  Republic of the Congo. We want to know what companies are doing to ensure
  they source these minerals responsibly. So we’ve put together a set of 
 questions designed to find that out.\n\nWe need your help to answer these 
 questions!\n\nAmnesty International and WikiRate invite you to a hands-on 
 data sprint where we will work together to understand how companies score 
 in terms of responsible sourcing of minerals.\n\nYou will learn how to use
  the public WikiRate.org platform to analyse and make sense of the informa
 tion from companies around their mineral sourcing policies and practices. 
 The data generated in this event will become part of a larger research eff
 ort on companies' behaviour.\n\nExperts from Amnesty International as well
  as Global Witness will be speaking at the workshop about the link between
  minerals\, conflict and human rights abuses and why responsible sourcing 
 matters. WikiRate representatives will introduce the platform and describe
  their approach to measuring companies’ behaviour.\n\nAs a bonus\, throu
 ghout the event The Restart Project will be running a special edition of i
 ts pop-up repair clinics. Participants can bring their broken or malfuncti
 oning small electrical items and electronics and work in small groups with
  Restart's repair coaches to learn the basics of maintenance and repair of
  their devices. By doing so\, they will also learn about the materials use
 d in their devices and reflect on the impact of minerals on their lives.\n
 \n\nWhere do you come in?\n\n1. Join as a participant during the day\n\nAr
 e you a university student in Cambridge? Then you are exactly who we need!
 \n\nYou will need to be prepared to spend about 3 hours with us\, working 
 hands on and scouting the web for information on companies and how they so
 urce and use minerals.\n\nAs this is an interactive event please bring a l
 aptop so you can contribute to the research effort!\n\n\n\nEvent Agenda\n\
 n12:30pm - Introductions by WikiRate\, Amnesty\, Global Witness\, Restart\
 n\n1:30pm - Researching companies\n\n1:30pm - Bonus: Pop up repair clinics
  with The Restart Project**\n\n4:30pm - Close\n\n\n\nFood and Refreshments
  will be served alongside the event!\n\n**If you want to be part of Restar
 t’s pop-up repair clinic\, please bring a device you’re struggling wit
 h\, anything from a malfunctioning smartphone\, to a radio\, slow laptop\,
  headphone set\, printer\, blender\, you name it. You will have the option
  to be part of a repair clinic so if there’s something about your device
 s driving you crazy\, you’ll be able to investigate what’s wrong with 
 them during the event. At this event\, we won’t be able to repair hardwa
 re faults in tablets\, due to the short repair sessions.\n\n\n\n2. Help us
  online\n\nYou are not in Cambridge or for whatever reason you can’t att
 end the event but still want to help?\n\nJoin us online and contribute dir
 ectly on the WikiRate platform. You can also contribute via the Amnesty In
 ternational page on WikiRate. \n\nWe will cover the event on Twitter - fol
 low us and ask questions using #AmnestySprint or #ResponsibleSourcing\n\n\
 n\nAbout us\n\nWikiRate is a public platform for collecting and analysing 
 information about companies' ethical behaviour. Through understanding and 
 tracking how companies behave\, the WikiRate community aims to push compan
 ies to improve their policies and practices.\n\nAmnesty International camp
 aigns to ensure that companies respect human rights wherever they operate\
 , and are held to account when they don't. Global Witness exposes the hidd
 en links between demand for natural resources\, corruption\, armed conflic
 t and environmental destruction.\n
LOCATION:Armitage Room\, Queens' College
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