tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164232605479526992.post4313830312972252087..comments2008-01-06T22:24:04.923-05:00Gavin Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01790423130416687848noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-164232605479526992.post-3083970265789137962008-01-06T22:24:00.000-05:002008-01-06T22:24:00.000-05:00The increasing trend is for communities, and individual customers, to keep companies socially acccountable. The American consumer is much more aware of social abuses and much more willing to hold companies accountable.The recent Fisher-Price lead-laced toys issue might have played out differently if were not for the consumer's demands for transparency and accountability from the corporate world. Candidates such as Buckey can represent this kind of community accountability, and can help spearhead the counterforce against abuse of multinational's excessive powers at the expense of local communities, thus making the voices of community-based labor and consumers heard by global business.Jordan T.noreply@blogger.com