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Richard Telofski is a competitive strategy analyst. Specializing in anti-corporate activism, he examines the actions of "irregular competitors" (i.e., activists and NGOs) and how those organizations impact business from within online and offline media.  |
In response to the ongoing “Turtle vs. Tata” controversy, about which I have written several articles, Kumi Naidoo, the executive director of Greenpeace International, today published an article on The Huffington Post. Entitled “Tsk Tsk TATA – Rise Above SLAPP Suits,” Mr. Naidoo responded to the lawsuit filed by Tata Industries against Greenpeace. The overview of [...] As a result of Greenpeace India’s “Turtle vs. Tata” video game, it now looks like Greenpeace is going to have more than one lawsuit on its hands. The first lawsuit I discussed in my recent posts “Tatas Push Back” and “More Thoughts About Tatas,” where I wrote about how Greenpeace India has been sued in [...] Last Thursday I wrote about the case of Tata Industries suing Greenpeace for defamation. As I said toward the end of that article, it will be interesting to see how this case, brought by the Tatas, plays out because it is being adjudicated in a developing country. In this respect, this case differs from previous [...] In case you’re not conversant with the names of some of the lesser known international conglomerates, TATA is one of the largest companies on the planet. The Tatas to which I refer in the title of this post are the members of the family who run the conglomerate, not a reference to an American bodacious [...] A few weeks ago Corporate Accountability International (CAI) released a press statement, “Suit Mc Donald’s Cue to Stop Predatory Marketing,” announcing that their partner, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), threatened a lawsuit against Mc Donald’s if the company did not cease using toy promotions in the sales of its Happy Meals. There [...] If you are a regular reader of this site, you’ll know that I have been recently researching and writing about how Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is involved in, what I believe to be, the indoctrination of children in anti-corporatism. Now, this anti-corporate indoctrination may or may not be RAN’s main objective in the programs that they [...] I was just listening to the Jackson Browne song “Lives in the Balance” while working on some writing about anti-corporatism. How ironic that that song came on the radio at that particular time. The notion of “Who’s really at fault here?,” popped into my mind upon hearing the anti-corporate lyrics: “They sell us the president the [...] |
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