Ethical Brandtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-6047892009-05-13T23:17:24+10:00There is no such thing as the perfect organisation, so being an 'ethical brand' actually means something else...TypePadElectronic Money: Its Economic, Social, Political, and Environmental Impacttag:typepad.com,2003:post-667194152009-05-13T23:17:24+10:002009-05-13T23:17:24+10:00Money creates power. So those that seek to exercise power have sought to control the production and management of what can be used as money and/or what they define to be money. Over thousands of year, rulers, dictators, churches, popes,...Bill Smithhttp://www.ethicalbrand.net/2009/05/d.htmlRain Forest Residents, Texaco Face Off in Ecuadortag:typepad.com,2003:post-662717412009-05-02T18:48:10+10:002009-05-02T18:48:10+10:00A judge is preparing to render a decision in a $27billion lawsuit filed in 1993 (yes 1993!) by residents of Ecuador's Amazonian rain forest against Texaco for fouling their land. Donald Moncayo, an activist who works with the poor farmers...Bill Smithhttp://www.ethicalbrand.net/2009/05/rain-forest-residents-texaco-face-off-in-ecuador.htmlGiant 'Islands' of Garbage Floating in the Oceantag:typepad.com,2003:post-662234412009-05-01T08:37:58+10:002009-05-01T08:37:58+10:00The garbage itself floats just beneath the surface in a decaying soup that extends many feet below the surface in places. The mass is held together by oceanic currents called gyres. Also known as a trash vortex read more |...Bill Smithhttp://www.ethicalbrand.net/2009/05/giant-islands-of-garbage-floating-in-the-ocean.htmlObama Restores Endangered Species Act tag:typepad.com,2003:post-662227072009-05-01T08:14:31+10:002009-05-01T08:14:31+10:00The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama restored Tuesday a regulation requiring federal wildlife experts to review before implementation any government project that may impact threatened or endangered species. read more | digg storyBill Smithhttp://www.ethicalbrand.net/2009/05/obama-restores-endangered-species-act.htmlBurger King Ad Angers Mexicans tag:typepad.com,2003:post-655774912009-04-17T13:53:32+10:002009-04-17T13:54:42+10:00trendsupdates.com — Burger King’s latest promotional poster has pissed off Mexicans and the ad has been forcefully withdrawn. It shows the Texican Whopper being promoted in a bad light with an American cowboy standing next to a short Mexican man...Bill Smithhttp://www.ethicalbrand.net/2009/04/burger-king-ad-angers-mexicans-.htmlWhen Footnotes Speak Louder than Accuracy in Mediatag:typepad.com,2003:post-650605812009-04-04T10:54:50+10:002009-04-04T10:54:50+10:00One of the organisations I have admired for a long time now is Accuracy in Media who have over the years set out a fairly respectable stall for fairness, balance and accuracy in news reporting. Unfortunately though, in a recent...Bill Smithhttp://www.ethicalbrand.net/2009/04/when-footnotes-speak-louder-than-accuracy-in-media.htmlAustralia Zoo workers sacked - Croc Hunter Turning in Gravetag:typepad.com,2003:post-646112472009-03-25T23:20:29+10:002009-03-25T23:39:23+10:00So 20+ workers are fied and the whole thing is blamed on the economy. The big question is how much of a role has the economy really played? Clearly loosing the Crocodile Hunter has impacted the number of visitors to...Bill Smithhttp://www.ethicalbrand.net/2009/03/australia-zoo-workers-sacked---croc-hunter-turning-in-grave.html