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TextHershey is a corporation trading money for PR, like has been said here already. I'm not a fan of that sort of practice as there's always an ulterior motive, usually in the name of profit.
Originally posted by palg1
reply to post by theubermensch
Have any of you not heard of the impending collapse of the coco plantations in the Ivory Coast and other west African nations? I say good on Hershey, Cadburyand the Coco Campaign. Their investment and intervention will foster a sustainable coco industry in the area that is on the verge of a catastrophic collapse due to poor farming techniques and gross mismanagement by unscrupulous plantation owners. The plan is for these firms to purchase these plantations and return them to the worker families, offering training in sustainable crop farming and administration and ensuring fair trade wages for these same workers and their families
TextYou people really get to me sometimes... You bitch and whine that big corporations use and abuse, incite boycotts to force them to change their ways, but when they do you all just bash them again for doing it as a marketing gimmick. Who really cares what their motivation is as long as their doing it. That fact that the boycotts worked just means that the bitch worked. Say thank you for listening instead. Or give yourselves a pat on the back if it makes you feel better
Originally posted by Mapkar
reply to post by micmerci
I agree. For one, Bill Gates is an individual who has given away a substantial amount of his personal fortune for a cause he believes in. Hershey is a corporation trading money for PR, like has been said here already. I'm not a fan of that sort of practice as there's always an ulterior motive, usually in the name of profit.
Originally posted by palg1
reply to post by theubermensch
Wow, Sounds like I struck a cord...
For one thing, the overall intention of the chocolate manufactures is indeed ensuring a ready source of product. Yes I acknowledge this and the fact that unscrupulous cocoa buyers were largely to blame in the first place. I wonder though, if you are so jaded that you can't see the good that comes out of the support, financial and otherwise, that is being used to change the dire conditions that was in fact killing these poor people. The fact that I applaud the firms that are taking action is a purely humanitarian reaction on my part. I think those manufacturers are liable for what had taken place in the past, but I sure as hell won't vilify them for the support, even the smallest actions, that they undertake in order to help rectify the harm done.
PS: I feel really bad for those who resort to name calling when they do not have the ability to form an intelligent argument to support their opinions. Maybe all of you who feel targeted by this remark should think before speaking next time.
