Annotated Bibliography Of Ethical Consumerism

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Question:
Are products like product red that are based on compassionate consumerism sustainable methods of slowing down the AIDS Crisis and other health crisis in African countries?
Annotated bibliography:
Youde, J. (2009). Ethical consumerism or reified neoliberalism? Product (RED) and private funding for public goods. New Political Science, 31(2), 201-220.
This article provides an excellent analysis about the product RED and its ability to harness private interest and consumer power to address the AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria crisis. The article emphasizes that the product red may not solve the Aids crisis or change the state of health for Africa but it offers a pragmatic solution to dealing with one of the major health issues by tapping …show more content…

This article addresses how the RED campaign differs from other campaigns in terms of its ability to increase the sales and profit of a company while also improving a good a brand image. The authors call red into action because companies use the RED brand fight against Global health crisis in Africa as a ruse for their corporate social responsibility where instead they are interested in making profit. This paper point out that if the companies are not transparent about the amount profited and donated, it will be impossible to predict the long term sustainability because consumers will lose trust in the company. But more red like initiatives would be formed that use shopping as a means to save world problems.
Helen Epstein.(2008) .The invisible cure: Why we are losing the Fight against AIDS in Africa. New York: …show more content…

It addresses how aid to Africa increases the cycle of poverty and diseases because the nation becomes more dependent on others and will not work to improve their health problems. Although the Aid for AIDS as of 2003 has increased the amount of people on ARV treatment from three hundred thousand to over three million the rate of transmission is still high and treatment is not the only cure. The paper says if Aids increase, the disease will not go away and western donors will lose interest in a cause that is refusing to stop despite their

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