Apple, a company that has fans like no other company, is facing now a public uproar with two petitions against the company that have managed to collect more than 200,000 signatures in just couple of days. The first, on Change.org calls Apple to “protect workers making iPhones in Chinese factories,” and the second, on SumOfUs, asks the company to “make the iPhone 5 ethically.” This new wave of online activism brings up the question: Is the OWS movement after Apple?

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This week marks the second anniversary of the landmark Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee decision in which the Supreme Court upheld the right of corporations to fund political campaigns. Opposition to Citizens United has been building, but the anniversary is a pertinent one as the country is currently bearing witness to the impact of this decision on the outcome of the Republican presidential race.

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In the end, if you want to get people fired up about something, evoking the idea of struggle and opposition will most likely help your organization retain its focus and keep the attention of those in media and the general public.

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3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” This post is part of that series. To follow along, please click here. By Griff Foxley In part 1 of this post, I explored some of the forces at play today that are creating a [...]

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Without a doubt, the year 2011 has been a remarkable year in the journey to a sustainable future. There have been some exhilarating highs and some devastating lows. While a steady drumbeat of warnings about climate destabilization persists, growing ever louder, the response seems to finally be an awakening of consciousness of the need to [...]

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3p is proud to partner with the Presidio Graduate School’s Managerial Marketing course on a blogging series about “sustainable marketing.” This post is part of that series. To follow along, please click here. By Griff Foxley On October 26th, a beautiful video was posted on Vimeo of a murmuration of starlings. It was a rare [...]

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The Occupy Wall Street protests now dwindling in most states look pretty tame in comparison to the kinds of riots sweeping across Europe.  Few would argue this point.  The real fear is that the Occupy movement may be just the beginning, and that violent responses to severe fiscal austerity measures may not be far off in some American cities, either.  After all, while the Eurozone debt crisis is absorbing the lion’s share of media attention these days, there is a similar crisis quietly brewing right here in the U.S. that is just now beginning to surface.

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It’s been nearly two years since an intensely divided Supreme Court solidified the idea of corporate personhood by ruling that political spending by corporations is protected as a form of free speech under the First Amendment. Since then, that landmark decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee has allowed for unrestricted and undisclosed campaign spending by corporations, a [...]

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The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement is often seen as the idealogical counterpart to the Tea Party movement (TPM).   Occupy wants to raise taxes, the Tea Party thinks we are “Taxed Enough Already.”  Occupy thinks corporations are too powerful, the Tea Party thinks government is too powerful.  Despite their differences, these two seemingly opposing [...]

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Congress is letting our children down by bowing to Big Food’s demands by blocking important reforms to the school lunch program. It’s time to occupy our citizens’ rights and demand more.

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A look back at the role of corporate banks during the financial crisis of 2008 and a look at other options such as Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs).

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Occupy Wall Street is challenging the fast money paradigm. The faster they can move money, the richer they get – but at a severe cost to everyone else. What about those who are producing goods and services that we need to survive and live a life of modest quality? Food production is one of the most important industries on the planet.

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Corporations don’t need to be greedy. Marketing book lays out benefits of corporate social responsibility.

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We are in the middle of a climate of political unrest bred by economic inequality. It’s a climate that has the students on edge and the police on edge. But what does it have to do with sustainability?

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Along with the announcement of its new Android 4G WiMAX phone Motorola launched a provocative new ad campaign called Social 0.0 Lab that not only challenges the status quo, but suggests a new direction that a device like this might help to set. The campaign currently consists of a three part video, all in Japanese [...]

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Police can break up the various “Occupy” encampments across the country but can they halt the movement? Probably not. As disorganized, disparate and disheveled as some would like to believe Occupy Wall Street and its regional allies are, the barn door is open and the horse is romping freely in the field. Or in this [...]

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This past weekend, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum took place in Hawaii. Twenty-one heads-of-state came together to discuss how economic collaboration can lead to mutual prosperity. That’s right– they discussed trade barriers and all sorts of macro-economic issues that will eventually filter down to have major implications for regular folks. The summit was pretty big [...]

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Mother Nature had her day in the spotlight when she hit New York City with the first October blizzard in recorded history– on the same day Occupy Wall Street’s Environmental Action Group scheduled its first Climate Justice day.

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Last week could be considered a good week for Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protestors – Bank of America backed off its plans to charge debit card fees due to public pressure and SaveUp, a new program rewarding people not for spending, but for saving, was launched. Although the launch of SaveUp has no direct connection [...]

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Olfa Strauss’ experience this summer and how her company handled protests over rising food costs and wealth inequality in Israel will be an enduring case study for other companies in the Middle East that will feel pressure to change their ways throughout a region that demands more accountability and dignity from their leaders.

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BSR, led by President and CEO Aron Cramer, held a media event announcing the results of a global business survey poll that reveals sustainability, in fact, ranks highly within companies’ core strategies and operations.

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We all know that Occupy Wall Street grievances vary from location to location and individual to individual, but it’s safe to say that the general beef is irresponsible, unethical corporate behavior consolidated into a dangerously small sphere of political and economic influence. Does GRI make a difference? And more importantly, is it making it fast enough?

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Bill McKibben used OWS to garner interest in the Keystone XL pipeline. Does OWS overlap with your issues?

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Curious about the effect Occupy Wall Street has had on the socially responsible investing field, I recently spoke with Michael Kramer, Managing Partner of Natural Investments, a Socially Responsible Investing company.  Kramer said that the current interest in the impact investing was truly inspiring. “Having done this for 20 years, it’s remarkable how exponential the [...]

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Occupy Wall Street lacks specific demands, deriving its power through its inclusivity. This will eventually change. Demanding publicly financed elections is broad enough for all to support and strategic enough to have real impact on the problems of wealth disparity and corporate-government collusion.

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Yes, I admit, the title is a double-entendre. There are two ways it can be read. Mostly, when this question has been asked, it is referring to how long the people will remain at the site. Will they stay once it really gets cold? Last week’s storm was a test of that. I would say [...]

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“And finally the tables are starting to turn, Talking about a revolution” – Talkin’ Bout A Revolution, Tracy Chapman When you walk into Zuccotti Park, like I did last Friday morning, it definitely feels like the tables are starting to turn. The whole plaza is filled with positive vibrations – change is in the air. [...]

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Could this be the beginning of a new kind of investing, something as powerful, in its own right, as protest? As powerful as conscientious objecting? Can we call it conscientious investing?

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The Occupy Wall Street movement has grown exponentially over the past week. What began as a movement targeting Wall Street has turned into something larger than just economic circumstances, but encompassing social and environmental concerns. Let’s take a systems thinking look at just blaming Wall Street, and why Wall Street is only a symptom of the [...]

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