Question: How does Firestone's response to the Ebola crisis differ from its response to Liberia's civil wars? How much of Firestone's actions were influenced by financial

  1. How does Firestone's response to the Ebola crisis differ from its response to Liberia's civil wars?
  2. How much of Firestone's actions were influenced by financial considerations and how much from social responsibility?
  3. Did Firestone have any options but to leave and then make an agreement with Charles Taylor to return?
  4. Firestone estimates that between concession agreements and tax payments it has put in >$1 billion into the Liberian economy since the civil wars. At what point in time or at what dollar figure should a company cease to provide reparations for past wrongs?
  5. Would Liberia be worse off today had Firestone left at the beginning of the first civil war and not returned?
  6. It is said that consumers vote with their dollars. If knowledge on social impacts is limited, is this still the case?
  7. Does Firestone have a social debt to Liberia? Are these projects an indicator of Firestone's long-term investment, from both a financial and social perspective? Do you think this information should be incorporated into Firestone's Corporate Social Responsibility approach?

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