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At least in my corner of social media, there are a lot of folks asking what makes a business ethical. Or, perhaps more accurately, there are a lot of folks answering that question.\\xa0

And there are probably even more folks worried that there\\u2019s something unethical about the way they run their businesses. They\\u2019re afraid they haven\\u2019t checked all the ethical business boxes.\\xa0

When Brooke Monaghan emailed me to ask whether I wanted to have a messy conversation about some of the messaging around ethical, equitable, or trauma-informed businesses, I jumped on the opportunity. You see, while this is certainly not true of all messaging on these topics, much of it unintentionally replicates problematic systems and social relations.\\xa0

Capitalism always appropriates that which tries to resist it.

This episode explores a few different ways to think about the messages you\\u2019ve probably run into as you think about working or doing business differently. It\\u2019s not about calling anyone out or shaming anyone. It\\u2019s a look under the hood at some of the unexpected forces at play.

Footnotes:

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• Find out more about Brooke Monaghan.
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• \\u201cDoes social media leave you angry?\\u201d on NPR
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• \\nCapitalist Realism by Mark Fisher
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• \\nA Spectre, Haunting by China Mi\\xe9ville
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• \\u201cWhite Women/Black Women\\u201d by Phyllis Palmer
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• \\nCultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
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• Utilitarian ethics
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• Deontological ethics
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