Yearly Archives: 2015
Slow Fashion: Knowing Where Your Shirt Came From
This story hinges on the fact that the preferences in terms of clothing and fashion are not fixed, not chipped in stone. In the realm of food, many people take joy in the making of the final product — either
Slow Fashion: Knowing Where Your Shirt Came From
This story hinges on the fact that the preferences in terms of clothing and fashion are not fixed, not chipped in stone. In the realm of food, many people take joy in the making of the final product — either
Is a Pro Sports Team Obligated to Inform About the Risk of Head Injuries?
This piece by former pro hockey player Mike Peluso is about the concussions — and brain damage — that he suffered while an employee of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames and New
Is a Pro Sports Team Obligated to Inform About the Risk of Head Injuries?
This piece by former pro hockey player Mike Peluso is about the concussions — and brain damage — that he suffered while an employee of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators, St. Louis Blues, Calgary Flames and New
Raising Minimum Wage Fails as Anti-Poverty Measure
If you think raising the minimum wage is an anti-poverty measure, you understand neither who the poor are nor who minimum wage earners are. There’s very little overlap, Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre write. >>> Opinion: Raising B.C.’s minimum wage
Raising Minimum Wage Fails as Anti-Poverty Measure
If you think raising the minimum wage is an anti-poverty measure, you understand neither who the poor are nor who minimum wage earners are. There’s very little overlap, Charles Lammam and Hugh MacIntyre write. >>> Opinion: Raising B.C.’s minimum wage
Ethics & the Failed Comcast / Time Warner Deal
The piece below gives you the basics of the failed Comcast / Time Warner merger. It also gives at least one reason that the failure is good for American consumers, namely that the merger would have given the combined company
Ethics & the Failed Comcast / Time Warner Deal
The piece below gives you the basics of the failed Comcast / Time Warner merger. It also gives at least one reason that the failure is good for American consumers, namely that the merger would have given the combined company
Ethics and Marketing Cancer Treatment
There are few buyer-seller combinations that society would more like to connect than cancer patients and good cancer clinics. And in for-profit healthcare system, such connections are going to be established in part through advertising. But such advertising is ethically
Ethics and Marketing Cancer Treatment
There are few buyer-seller combinations that society would more like to connect than cancer patients and good cancer clinics. And in for-profit healthcare system, such connections are going to be established in part through advertising. But such advertising is ethically
Offended Native Actors Walk Off Set of Adam Sandler Movie
Is corporate comedy ethically different from individual standup comedy? News broke recently that several Native American actors walked off the set of Adam Sandler’s new movie (a western being filmed for Netflix). They were offended by the way the script
Offended Native Actors Walk Off Set of Adam Sandler Movie
Is corporate comedy ethically different from individual standup comedy? News broke recently that several Native American actors walked off the set of Adam Sandler’s new movie (a western being filmed for Netflix). They were offended by the way the script
Abercrombie & Fitch Softens Dress Code
Abercrombie & Fitch is softening its dress-and-look code, which for years stipulated a certain look, and stipulated that only good-looking people be hired as sales clerks (or as the chain called them, “models”). The move comes on the heels of
Abercrombie & Fitch Softens Dress Code
Abercrombie & Fitch is softening its dress-and-look code, which for years stipulated a certain look, and stipulated that only good-looking people be hired as sales clerks (or as the chain called them, “models”). The move comes on the heels of
Fighting Back Against Québec’s Provincial Maple Syrup Cartel
Is the Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec a marketing board or a police state? >>> Maple Syrup Rebellion This diminutive, twinkle-eyed grandmother hardly looks the part of a guerilla. Yet in recent years Grenier and other maple syrup producers
Fighting Back Against Québec’s Provincial Maple Syrup Cartel
Is the Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec a marketing board or a police state? >>> Maple Syrup Rebellion This diminutive, twinkle-eyed grandmother hardly looks the part of a guerilla. Yet in recent years Grenier and other maple syrup producers
Falling Sales and Profits at McDonald’s
How credible are CSR narratives about corporate power and dominance when McDonald’s – the very symbol of Corporate America’s multinational might – is struggling? >>> McDonald’s is closing hundreds of stores this year McDonald’s shuttered 350 poorly performing stores in
Falling Sales and Profits at McDonald’s
How credible are CSR narratives about corporate power and dominance when McDonald’s – the very symbol of Corporate America’s multinational might – is struggling? >>> McDonald’s is closing hundreds of stores this year McDonald’s shuttered 350 poorly performing stores in
$15 Minimum Wage Undermines Low-Skilled Workers
If you think a minimum wage increase is mainly a raise for those who work currently at the minimum wage, you don’t begin to grasp the problem it presents to low-skilled labor market entrants, says Reihan Salam. >>> The Fight
$15 Minimum Wage Undermines Low-Skilled Workers
If you think a minimum wage increase is mainly a raise for those who work currently at the minimum wage, you don’t begin to grasp the problem it presents to low-skilled labor market entrants, says Reihan Salam. >>> The Fight
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