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Casual day casualties: getting uptight about dressing down

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Casual day dressing may not be as beneficial to employees as has been claimed by corporations. Some critics believe the fashion industry exploits the principle by marketing images of casual Friday. Others see it as a way to remind professionals they are as expendable as blue collar workers.

Author: Scott, Mary
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1996
Clothing and dress, Clothing, Workers

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Bottom-line blues: is ethical business only a dream?

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The difficulties faced by the movement for ethical business lie in the overwhelming priority given by stockholders of a firm to profits at any cost. This problem should be seriously studied by local governments and appropriate regulations should be put in place.

Author: Scott, Mary
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1997
Ethical aspects, Corporations, Business ethics

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The natural step: Sweden's commonsense green scheme comes to America

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Swedish Karl-Henrik Robert founded The Natural Step based on a paper he developed regarding sustainable society. His theory rests on the cyclic principle: restructure must equal consumption and there should be no excess waste in nature.

Author: Scott, Mary
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1996
Evaluation, Reports, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Sustainable development, In Context (Book), Robert, Karl-Henrik

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