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Article

4 May 2005

Author:
Aleksandra Dobkowski-Joy, Ethical Corporation

North America: Corporate scandals, corporate responsibility and the media: whom should we believe?

Lawrence Ingrassia, New York Times business editor...argued that good press coverage is a primary driver of change by revealing wrong-doing and holding companies and individuals accountable for their actions...Michelle Chan-Fischel...at Friends of the Earth, pointed out that media obsession with corporate scandal leaves little space for coverage of positive initiatives, NGO campaigns and corporate sustainability successes. [also refers to Xerox, Fortune Magazine, Market Watch, Wall Street Journal, Intel]