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Dove’s fake beauty campaign

After reading an article from a classmate on Dove’s efforts to empower young women and encouraging natural beauty. A new ad was launched to get women to describe their physical appearance to a forensic artist. As a result, their descriptions of themselves were more critical than a stranger’s perception. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XpaOjMXyJGk Although the message is purely […]

Sauder’s response to controversy with a twist of Milton Friedman

  Milton Friedman’s free enterprise concept of social obligation versus entrepreneurial self interest to address Sauder’s response to the rape chant allegations: Friedman spoke of a concept that businesses should only act within their own interests of gaining profit. Working in favor of social responsibility defeats the purpose of free enterprise. Climate change and poverty […]

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