Hijab-Wearing Barbie and Social Responsiveness
Is so much ado about a Barbie doll warranted? There's a hard-hitting op-ed in al Jazeera criticizing a move one of the United States' largest toymakers has made to produce a hijab-wearing B…
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Crossfire Victim: L'Oreal, PRC & Hong Kong Democracy
On the bright side for L'Oreal, they won't hire the Dalai Lama as a spokesperson since he has...no hair. I hate to say it but, if Hongkongers were optimistic about the remit of "one coun…
Climate Change, Lies & ExxonMobil
So evil that prospective investors should be warned: "OWNING XOM SHARES IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR SOUL"? There is an interesting legal wrangle underway concerning the energy giant ExxonMobil--I …
Meet the New S&P 500 Catholic Values Index
Is Catholic capitalism an oxymoron? Let the fund managers and investors decide. Ah, more of the economics of popery. Lovely stuff to contemplate, methinks. Despite being Catholic, I am not entirely s…
Incarceration Nation: Invest in US Private Prisons?
Their "customers" are all outfitted in Guantanamo orange. Care to invest? With interest rates set to rise in the United States, it is difficult for folks to figure out where to invest. Bond…
American Imperialism & Blatter's Last Stand
A match made in hell: Gazprom & FIFA. One good post on battle over futbol mundial deserves another: I am constantly surprised by the amount of global attention the governance of FIFA has receiv…
Woman Beater Mayweather, Hublot's Celeb Endorser
Hublot's adverts featuring Mayweather should feature this background music . We haven't had a corporate social responsibility (CSR) post for quite some time, so here's one. I am afraid th…
Manchester United: From AIG to Chevrolet Killer Cars
Chevrolet is " Like a Rock "? Man U makes itself into a global punch line (again). When I contemplate the largest follies of sports sponsorship, one name immediately comes to mind, "M…
Brent Spar 2: Greenpeace, Lego & Shell's Betrayal
This WSJ feature is sponsored by, er, Shell. Environmentalist activists are not infallible despite being ostensibly well-intentioned. Common failings include impractical courses of action as well as…
Adios Sochi Grand Prix 2014, Russia World Cup 2018?
Geography is against Russia retaining these events without scrutiny. This is not exactly a pleasant post to write given the circumstances, but it's something that will be the subject of discussio…
US Firing Squads From Mars, EU Pharma From Venus
Having (ab)used the hackneyed Americans from Mars, Europeans from Venus trope already, I suppose giving it another go isn't bad. As I usually start my day, I perused the Yahoo! news items presen…
Mickey in GulagWorld: Enter Disney Shanghai
Wishing upon a CSR Death Star , you are. I was originally going to entitle this post "Totalitarianism and Theme Parks" but I thought the better of it. Some of you will of course still compl…
Leno, Branson & Brunei: On Boycotting Shari'a Law
Can Jay Leno and other white people "save" us foreign primitives from shari'a law? Life is a series of endless annoyances you just wish would go away. This latest brouhaha started when …
Conflict Minerals: Which Game Console is Most Violent?
With the holiday season upon us and one semi-new (Nintendo) and two completely new (Microsoft and Sony) video game consoles on the market, consumer interest is . While you may be thinking of blasting…
Make a Killing? US FTAs and Big Tobacco
There is a debate surrounding the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership expansion about whether participants' policies aimed at curbing tobacco use will be dismantled in the name of free trade. Large…