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Verizon, Wildfires, and CSR
This is perhaps as pure a case of (failed) CSR as you’re going to find. This isn’t about a corporation’s responsibilities to its customers, or to its employees, or to its suppliers, but quite literally to society as a whole.
Verizon, Wildfires, and CSR
This is perhaps as pure a case of (failed) CSR as you’re going to find. This isn’t about a corporation’s responsibilities to its customers, or to its employees, or to its suppliers, but quite literally to society as a whole.
If Mountain Dew Spiked Isn’t Spiked Should It Be Called “Spiked”?
Although likely old news to Mountain Dew-ophiles, one of the editors recently encountered Mountain Dew Spiked—a Mountain Dew-based beverage “spiked” with fruit juice. The scare quotes are apt because Mountain Dew Spiked isn’t spiked in the usual sense. Colloquially, “spiked”
If Mountain Dew Spiked Isn’t Spiked Should It Be Called “Spiked”?
Although likely old news to Mountain Dew-ophiles, one of the editors recently encountered Mountain Dew Spiked—a Mountain Dew-based beverage “spiked” with fruit juice. The scare quotes are apt because Mountain Dew Spiked isn’t spiked in the usual sense. Colloquially, “spiked”
Kraft Reducing Packaging Waste
How do you balance what consumers want (flavour, convenience), food quality concerns (freshness, safety) and the worry that just maybe your product is helping ruin the planet? >>> LINK: Ketchup Packets to Get Makeover in Kraft Heinz Recycling Push (by
Kraft Reducing Packaging Waste
How do you balance what consumers want (flavour, convenience), food quality concerns (freshness, safety) and the worry that just maybe your product is helping ruin the planet? >>> LINK: Ketchup Packets to Get Makeover in Kraft Heinz Recycling Push (by
Google Collaborating With China’s Repressive Government?
The piece below is about plans by Google to collaborate with China’s repressive government by providing censored search results. The company has flirted with the idea since at least 2006. On one hand, moving into China requires going along with
Google Collaborating With China’s Repressive Government?
The piece below is about plans by Google to collaborate with China’s repressive government by providing censored search results. The company has flirted with the idea since at least 2006. On one hand, moving into China requires going along with
Why “Let’s Try Harder” Is a Bad Strategy for Safety
The story below is a good point of departure for a discussion of the notion of fixing problems by “trying harder.” Lots of times, when things go badly, we promise to “try harder next time.” When we make mistakes, we
Why “Let’s Try Harder” Is a Bad Strategy for Safety
The story below is a good point of departure for a discussion of the notion of fixing problems by “trying harder.” Lots of times, when things go badly, we promise to “try harder next time.” When we make mistakes, we
Did Facebook Put Ethics ahead of Profits?
The piece below puts an interesting spin on Facebook’s recent single-day loss of $120 billion in market value. That loss, says the author, resulted from Mark Zuckerberg doing what many other CEOs would not have done, namely keep a promise
Did Facebook Put Ethics ahead of Profits?
The piece below puts an interesting spin on Facebook’s recent single-day loss of $120 billion in market value. That loss, says the author, resulted from Mark Zuckerberg doing what many other CEOs would not have done, namely keep a promise
‘Forcing’ Employee Vegetarianism at Work
Beware the headline below: the company in question isn’t forcing anyone to become a vegetarian; they’re just not paying for meat products when the company provides food at corporate events. But still, they’re definitely doing what they can to impose
‘Forcing’ Employee Vegetarianism at Work
Beware the headline below: the company in question isn’t forcing anyone to become a vegetarian; they’re just not paying for meat products when the company provides food at corporate events. But still, they’re definitely doing what they can to impose
Listening, to Build an Ethics-First Employee Culture
The focus of the piece below is on how leaders can (and must) listen to their employees as part of staying on top of, and guiding, corporate culture. Leaders may have responsibility for guiding culture, but they’ll ultimately fail if
Listening, to Build an Ethics-First Employee Culture
The focus of the piece below is on how leaders can (and must) listen to their employees as part of staying on top of, and guiding, corporate culture. Leaders may have responsibility for guiding culture, but they’ll ultimately fail if
Manipulating Restaurant Customers
The piece below is about the ‘tricks’ restaurants use to get us to spend more — tricks like inserting a more expensive item into your menu, just to make other items seem like a bargain. (Relatedly, see also “Manipulating Consumers
Manipulating Restaurant Customers
The piece below is about the ‘tricks’ restaurants use to get us to spend more — tricks like inserting a more expensive item into your menu, just to make other items seem like a bargain. (Relatedly, see also “Manipulating Consumers
Manipulating Consumers With Prices that End in “.99”
The item below discusses a common trick used to profit from consumers’ irrational behaviour. The key ethical question: is it ethically OK to rely on what is, in effect, a pervasive weakness of consumers’ minds. Our tendency to be excessively
Manipulating Consumers With Prices that End in “.99”
The item below discusses a common trick used to profit from consumers’ irrational behaviour. The key ethical question: is it ethically OK to rely on what is, in effect, a pervasive weakness of consumers’ minds. Our tendency to be excessively
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