Friday, April 13, 2007

Stanford Social Innovation Review : Opinion Blog : The Patina of Philanthropy (April 11, 2007)

Stanford Social Innovation Review : Opinion Blog : The Patina of Philanthropy (April 11, 2007): "MARK ROSENMAN on the costs of Product (RED).

The Product (RED) campaign tells us that by shopping, we can help Africa cope with HIV/AIDS. In reality, it’s just one more example of the corporate world aligning its operations with its central purpose of increasing shareholder profit, except this time it is being cloaked in the patina of philanthropy. Buy a (RED) product and a portion of the purchase price goes to charity. But there is a question about what charities will lose in the long term."

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