Legal & social responsibility: diamond selling is no longer just a matter of romance--you have to take into account social issues, ethical responsibility ... and the law.

From: Jewelers Circular Keystone | Date: November 15, 2005 | Copyright information

It used to be that the diamond industry was divided into three parts. There was the diamond industry in the United States, there were middlemen in Israel and Belgium, and there was what happened in Africa. Jewelers may have heard that some things surrounding diamonds in Africa were not always what they should be. But many assumed that this simply was the way Africa worked. And in any case, there was nothing they could do about it.

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