So apparently Starbucks wants to turn tens of thousands of baristas into facilitators for discussions about race. Starbucks CEO Howard Schutlz recently announced that he wants the company’s fro...
Two stories surfaced this week about companies faced with handing out prizes to businesses whose interests were contrary to their own. One company graciously gave credit where credit was due. The...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2013/01/17/feeding-the-hand-that-bites-you/
The makers of POM Wonderful want you to use your heart, not your brain. At least, that’s the distinct impression we get from the company’s recent battle with the US Federal Trade Commission. ...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2012/05/28/pom-wonderful-and-hearts-vs-brains/
McDonald’s has been taking some heat over its continuing sponsorship of the Olympics. The fast-food chain recently announced that it would remain a top sponsor of the Olympic games through 2020...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2012/03/29/mcdonalds-and-the-ethics-of-olympic-sponsorship/
Facebook users should keep complaining, complaining bitterly, complaining in every possible forum. Oddly, for all the controversy over Facebook implementing yet another round of changes to its la...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2011/09/26/facebook-its-not-ok-to-suck/
There’s oil, and then there’s oil. Right? Or is there only, you know, oil? Does it matter, ethically, where the oil we consume comes from? That issue has arisen very recently and caused a min...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2011/09/21/ethical-oil-choose-your-poison/
The day has passed, but it’s a question that’s sure to arise again — just under a year from now, and the year after that, and so on. What can, or should, businesses do with regard to a rela...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2011/09/12/how-should-companies-memorialize-911/
Is it just me, or has PETA jumped the shark? The always-provocative animal-rights organization is at it again, this time announcing that it’s planning on starting its own porn site to draw atte...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2011/08/25/peta-promises-porn-with-a-purpose/
Racism is one of the last things any company wants to be accused of. Of all the kinds of corporate wrongdoing, racism is one of the hardest to defend against. For one thing, there’s not much �...
This one’s a real tempest in a teapot. Or rather, in a bottle of nail polish. OK, so here’s the short version. Clothing chain J. Crew’s latest catalog includes a picture of president and cr...
https://businessethicsblog.com/2011/04/14/pink-toenails-gender-identity-and-social-responsibility/