Procter & Gamble
Corporate Crimes
- Creating Demand & Brand Loyalty
- Secrecy
- 'The Biggest Shouter’
- Misleading Messages
- Free Gifts
- Use of Internet: reach more consumers at higher speed
- P&G; targets children
- P&G; targets women: profiting from gender stereotypes
- Tampax Total You Tour
- Reflect.com…
- Soap Opera
- P&G; teaching materials
- P&G; targets Gays: profiting from stereotypes
- P&G; Influences Content of Television
- P&G; sacks workers & rewards CEOs
- Mistreating Employees
- Appalling working conditions
- P&G; Destroys Local Businesses. Case: India
- India: Illegal GMOs Found in Pringles Potato Chips
- Excessive Packaging/Pollution
- ‘assaults the environment and environmentalist’
- P&G; supplied Third Reich
- Burma
- Censorship
- P&G; abuses animals
- Spying on competitors
- Fake Fat
- Rely Tragedy
- P&G; distributes GM contaminated food
References
[78] ‘Cheap Women Hurt P&G;’ by Betsy Schiffman at Forbes.com
[79] "Plan Global, Win Local" by John Millen, Vice President, Customer Business Development at Procter & Gamble ( www.kamcity.com/library/global.htm, source: Kamcity, date viewed: 22/10/01)
[80] Richter, Judith (2001) ‘Holding Corporations Accountable, Corporate Conduct, International Codes, and Citizen Action’, Zed Books, London and New York, pg. 98
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[84] Ibidem
[85] www.igc.org/trac/climate/gwnominations.html
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[90] http://207.188.222.108/institute/p&g.htm; (Success Stories, Manufacturers and E-business, source:The Manufacturing Institute, date viewed: 19/10/01)
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[94] ‘ADWATCH: P&G; concentrates on women's emotions in Always ads - Always moves away from the traditional approach to sanpro ads by focusing on feelings’, writes Jules Grant. Source: Marketing, September 27, 2001, Page 20
[95] Ibidem
[96] Ibidem
[97] www.bringoutthebeautifulyou.com (source: P&G;, date viewed: 07/10/01)
[98] www.tampaxtotalyoutour.com/in-the-city/index.html (source: P&G;, date viewed: 07/10/01)
[99] www.reflect.com/ (source: Reflect.com, date viewed: 18/10/01)
[100] www.soapcentral.com/soapcentral/news/2001/0723-pg_sale.php (source: soap opera central, date viewed: 09/10/01)
[101] www.commercialcloset.org/cgi-bin/iowa/index.html?page=column&record;=44 (source: The Report, Commercial Closet, date viewed: 22/10/01)
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[103] www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4242976,00.html
[104] Ibidem
[105] CIES 44th World Food Business Summit (FoodBusiness news, fast reading for senior executives, an essential selection of what’s going on in the food trade and industry worldwide, at www.ciesnet.com/publication/FBN%20ANGLAIS.PDF, date viewed: 10/0/01)
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[107] www.businessweek.com/2000/00_37/b3698111.htm
[108] From David S. Patterson - The Economist (reaction to the book titled ‘Soap Opera: The Inside Story of P&G;’ by Alecia Swasty (www.mind-advertising.com/in/pg_in.htm)
[109] www.ejnet.org/rachel/rhwn397.htm (source: Environmental Research Foundation, date viewed: 21/10/01)
[110] ‘India: P&G; decides to hike ad budget’, 27 September 2001, Financial Times Information Limited - Asia Africa Intelligence Wire
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[113] www.igc.org/trac/bulletin/2001/0038.html
[114] Source: Greenpeace India, Posted: June 21, 2001
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See for more up-to-date information: www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/db/articles.asp?ID=3986 (source: daily bruin, date viewed: 01/11/01)
[120] www.oneworld.org/ni/issue212/update.htm (source: New Internationalist, date viewed: 22/10/01)
[121] Oral Statement Presented Procter & Gamble Shareholder's Meeting, October 10 2001
[122] www.pandgkills.com/shareholder.html (source: In Defense of Animals, date viewed: 04/10/01)
[123] www.uncaged.co.uk/iams.htm (source: Uncaged Campaigns, date viewed: 04/10/01)
[124] www.pginfo.net/scary.html (source: PETA, date viewed: 04/10/01)
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Neither Satan Nor (Sigh) Savior’, By Michael Fumento, date viewed: 22/10/01)
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[134] www.thecampaign.org/newsupdates/july01m.htm#P&G;