Compassion, Inc: how corporate America blurs the line between what we buy, who we are, and those we help
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1. Verfasser: Einstein, Mara (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press 2012
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Value brands -- they ain't what they used to be -- Strategic philanthropy, cause marketing, and CSR : how corporations co-opt caring -- The birth of the uber charity and the rise of charitainment -- The consequences of co-opting compassion -- Shopping is not philanthropy. Period -- Can companies make a difference? -- We are not consumers
Pink ribbons, red dresses, and greenwashing - American corporations are scrambling to tug at consumer heartstrings through cause-related marketing, corporate social responsibility, and ethical branding, tactics that can increase sales by as much as 74 per cent. Harmless? Marketing insider Mara Einstein demonstrates in this penetrating analysis why the answer is a resounding "No"! In "Compassion, Inc", she outlines how cause-related marketing desensitizes the public by putting a pleasant face on complex problems. She takes us through the unseen ways in which large sums of consumer dollars go into corporate coffers rather than helping the less fortunate. She also discusses companies that truly do make the world a better place, and those that just pretend to
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 222 pages)
ISBN:9780520951631
0520951638
0520266528
9780520266520
1280112166
9781280112164

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