Brands are increasingly taking stances on contentious social issues and facing mass outrage on social media. New research shows that this outrage can benefit brands.
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We should demand greater social responsibility from businesses, but pressuring them to undertake responsibilities that only governments can address is the wrong way to get there.
Russian citizens in the west are being targeted in much the same way Germans, Italians, and Japanese were during the second world war.
The Sydney Festival boycott was a vibrant example of engaged citizens taking foreign policy into their own hands.
Before the Civil War, US activists sought to combat slavery through sugar boycotts. Instead, consumption grew.
Ben & Jerry’s decision to no longer sell ice cream in the occupied territories comes as Israel continues to lose the support of a group of Americans who once were stalwart allies.
Palm oil is responsible for widespread deforestation and labor abuses, but it’s also cheap and incredibly useful. That’s why many advocates call for reforming the industry, not replacing it.
A scholar of slavery in the British Empire describes the first boycott against sugar made with slave labor in the West Indies.
Laws on boycotts already exist, but their aim was never to target consumer groups.
Brunei’s new anti-gay Sharia laws are the harshest in the world. Yet few countries have publicly condemned them, and an international boycott could backfire.
The diplomatic spat between Canada and Saudi Arabia could have serious economic ramifications as well. When diplomatic ties are cut, research shows trade suffers significantly.
If companies in key industries collectively shunned the Chinese market, that would force China’s leaders to take notice, with less risk of blowback.
The lightning-quick corporate response to demands for a boycott against the NRA shows that companies can’t escape politics in an age saturated with social media.
Boycotts can bring backlashes – and back tracking.
Liverpool FC has imposed a complete ban on The Sun but it cannot prevent the tabloid newspaper from continuing to cover the club.
Musicians have largely greeted Trump with the sound of silence – and in doing so, they check the normalisation of the current administration.
Companies, which in the past tended to stay neutral on divisive social and political issues, are increasingly taking a stand. What’s behind the change?
Experience in the US serves to highlight the potential long-term economic consequences if Australia fails to legalise same-sex marriage.
The horrific collapse of a factory in Bangladesh that killed hundreds sent American scrambling for ways to ensure this doesn’t happen again. A professor explains why boycotts are not the answer.
If Elton was to take a look through fashion boycotts in the past, he wouldn’t find a great track record (not that he seems too set on this one anyway).
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Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan
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Challis Chair of International Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Course Leader, BA (Hons) Fashion Journalism, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London
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Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canberra
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Principal Lecturer in Journalism, University of Brighton
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Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies, The Open University
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Senior Research Fellow in Development Policy and Practice, The Open University
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Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
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Senior Lecturer in Popular and Contemporary Music, Newcastle University
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Distinguished Professor, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, & Interim Head, Department of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor of Marketing, Keele University
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Research Fellow, King's College London
