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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.  |
Today, let’s discuss responsible consumption, which can cut in more directions than one. Let me explain. A current topic discussed in the news is for consumers to assume responsibility for their purchases, taking steps to be as certain as possible that their purchases don’t support companies committing environmentally harmful acts or companies that may behave in [...] Currently, I’m reading a terrific book entitled Good Cop, Bad Cop – Environmental NGOs and their Strategies toward Business. The title accurately describes the subject matter within the book. Edited by Thomas P. Lyon, the book is a collection of essays written by various experts within the field of the “private politics” between environmental NGOs [...] On February 17, 2010, there was an article posted on a Greenpeace sponsored Web site named PolluterWatch.com. The article, “Polluters Charles and David Koch don’t deny it: they fund front groups to deny climate science,” dealt with Greenpeace’s ongoing battle with Koch Industries over the company’s reported financing of various research organizations who, according to [...] In my previous post, “Living on a Meme,” I discussed a San Francisco Chronicle article entitled “Anti-corporate vs. Anti-government Anger: Who to Trust?” Written by psychologist Dr. Jim Taylor, the article discusses many reasons why he thinks people are angry at large corporations. What does he say about the anti-government reasons? Well, there aren’t as [...] |
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