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ethics in the diamond jewelry business (part three)

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2010.07.13

I've finished the trio of articles on ethics in the diamond jewelry business. It explains our stance on the ethics of diamonds.

From the article:

From the very beginning, my partner and I got into the business of selling engagement rings not with a mission to change the world, but rather to capitalize on a business opportunity. Today, prices for bridal jewelry in Japan are too high, and we can do better by selling quality products directly on the Internet. Quoting our business plan, “Our customers are people who research their purchases, value quality over brand, and who want more jewelry for their money.”

Sourcing ethical diamonds in Japan is a tough order, but one we have to see through.

rand()m quote

Society is indeed a contract... [the state] is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.

—Edmund Burke