Worrying Clause inserted by DWP demands respect for Esther McVey

A very concerning clause in the contract for delivering the Government’s new Work and Health Programme states that signed-up charities must “pay the utmost regard to the standing and reputation” to Esther McVey and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The Disability News Service revealed the existence of this clause in a great piece of journalism available here. The fact that any Government body feels that this kind of clause is appropriate is very worrying. No Government body should ever be free from criticism, and should certainly not make…

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My Favourite 10 Charity/Non-Profit/Ethical Campaigns of March 2018

These are my top 10 favourite Non-Profit, Ethical or Charity Campaigns of the previous Month. This Month – March 2018. There were some campaigns I really liked in March. As I have already done a top 10 International Women’s Day Top 10 I have tried to avoid using those ones. 10. With the horrible attack in Florida, it was great to see businesses coming together against guns. WeTransfer Launches Global Site Takeover Highlighting Effect of Gun Violence 9. A great campaign launched by the PFA dealing with dementia in former…

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The ethics of terms and conditions.

We all do it, we all sign up to websites and just click through the terms and conditions without reading them. The scandals at Facebook and other online companies with regards to our data have been intensifying over the last month. The problem is that in legal terms we potentially signed away our rights because we didn’t read the terms and conditions. UK TV show the Last Leg printed out the whole T’s and C’s of Facebook a few weeks ago and discovered there was 85,000 words, to put that…

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10 of my favourite International Women’s Day campaigns

I think I am just about caught up on the International Women’s Day backlog. It’s been so great to see so many brilliant campaign so here’s 10 of my favourite campaigns – in no particular order. Sense New York look to #CelebrateWomen for International Women’s Day IRC release film showing 8 steps we can take to support women and girls FCB Inferno Launches ‘Queen Rules’ to Challenge Gender Bias With Playing Cards FCB Amsterdam and Wefilm launch It Won’t Stick campaign for International Women’s Day Barbie(R) Honors Global Role Models…

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Ethical Marketing Awards

One of the things that has frustrated me since I started this site is the lack of awards for those doing the right thing. It’s also frustrating that what awards there are all cost about £300-£1000 to enter and it seems like that’s just something which  instantly prices out some of the smaller companies. Over the next 6-12 months I’m going to try and see if I can interest companies in helping me create a new Ethical Marketing Awards that will be free to enter and be open to everyone,…

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