Comments on: Why Branding Is Bad for Democracy http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/03/why-branding-is-bad-for-democracy.html The Idea Grove is a full-service agency specializing in public relations, marketing and Web design. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brian oberkirch http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/03/why-branding-is-bad-for-democracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-1307 brian oberkirch Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:38:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=877#comment-1307 Word up. More active involvement. I have a naive hope that distributed media makes us (potentially) better citizens. Better pals. Better. <br/><br/>Or, vis-a-vis Shmumpette, we can just use them to reinscribe our existing dynamics. Bo-ring. Word up. More active involvement. I have a naive hope that distributed media makes us (potentially) better citizens. Better pals. Better.

Or, vis-a-vis Shmumpette, we can just use them to reinscribe our existing dynamics. Bo-ring.

]]> By: SB http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/03/why-branding-is-bad-for-democracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-1305 SB Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:20:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=877#comment-1305 To an extent, Brian. Certainly, there are bad actors out there. Enron was a very different kind of company than, say, GE is -- because of the differences in the leaders.<br/><br/>But ultimately, corporations are required to put return to shareholders first. As I said, I have no problem with this. I just think it's important for people to understand this, so we will realize that we -- as a society -- must have a personal commitment to public policy, the social welfare of those among us, the environment and other concerns -- rather than apathetically thinking BP (because they have a green happy logo now) will suddenly take care of the energy problem for us. To an extent, Brian. Certainly, there are bad actors out there. Enron was a very different kind of company than, say, GE is — because of the differences in the leaders.

But ultimately, corporations are required to put return to shareholders first. As I said, I have no problem with this. I just think it’s important for people to understand this, so we will realize that we — as a society — must have a personal commitment to public policy, the social welfare of those among us, the environment and other concerns — rather than apathetically thinking BP (because they have a green happy logo now) will suddenly take care of the energy problem for us.

]]> By: Brian Oberkirch http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2006/03/why-branding-is-bad-for-democracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-1304 Brian Oberkirch Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=877#comment-1304 Organizations tend to reflect the values, mores & daily zen of their members, no? In my old agency life, we had a phrase: clients get the advertising they deserve.<br/><br/>Perhaps we also get the corporatations, non-profits, governments, etc. we deserve & demand. <br/><br/>None of which is an out for someone in a big monolith who tries to cloak actions in some sort of inherited mandate. We all have choices to make. Organizations tend to reflect the values, mores & daily zen of their members, no? In my old agency life, we had a phrase: clients get the advertising they deserve.

Perhaps we also get the corporatations, non-profits, governments, etc. we deserve & demand.

None of which is an out for someone in a big monolith who tries to cloak actions in some sort of inherited mandate. We all have choices to make.

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