SOSC 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Slave Trade Act 1807, Corporate Social Responsibility, Clean Hands
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Avoidance of buying products or shares of immoral/ socially irresponsible enterprises. 1791 failure of slave trade abolition bill widespread sugar boycott 1807 act. 1845: american quakers, abolitionists establish free produce association, stores. Civil rights movement: boycotts of segregated stores, transit, businesses that discriminated in hiring. Boycotts of consumer products made by firms that supplied vietnam war. E. g. plastic wrap made by dow (napalm mfg) Cr now often supported by slick media use: E. g this clever ad in support of a palm oil e. g this clever ad in support of a palm oil boycott, and this counter to pepsi csr spin. Significance in relation to major change (e. g. s. a. ) debated can be important for particular f irm (e. g. nike, nestle) Friends of the lubicon campaign: all 40 companies approached by fofl switched from daish owa as supplier of paper packaging (pizza boxes, bags etc), at least after picketing by fofl a ctivists.