Assignment:
This assignment is a take-home essay consisting of 3 questions, 2 double-spaced pages total, to test knowledge and assimilation of the course objectives. Please exclusively use the course materials to support each answer. For your convenience, I have attached all three of them. To answer these questions paraphrase, do not use quotations.
Please answer all three questions below in a paragraph format by listing the number followed by your answer. Please cite your sources using in-text citations; include a Reference List at the of your work. Review your work for errors before submitting it and ensure that it is grammatically correct. Your submission should be no more than 2 double-spaced pages in length. The Reference List may be included on the 3rd page.
To answer the questions, please work with the texts assigned (Zewei, Steinberg, and Cragg)
1. Explain why China had to modernize in the 19th century
2. Why is Steinberg skeptical about a few prominent NGOs?
3. Which events prompted the United Nations to write laws about human rights protections in Multi-National Corporations?
Readings:
1. Guest Editors' Introduction Human Rights and Business
By Wesley Cragg
2. The Politics of NGOs, Human Rights and the Arab-Israel Conflict
By Gerald M. Steinberg
3. Western International Law and China's Confucianism in the 19th Century. Collision and Integration
By Yang Zewei