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Letter: Act responsibly

Published 9 April 2008

From Neil Hanson

Dan Hind is spot on: this is an age of “hoodwinking” (19 January, p 46). For a start we should severely curb persuasive advertising. If this results in a serious decline in consumerism, so much the better, as this would make a major contribution to cutting carbon dioxide emissions.

The next step should be to require that business schools’ curricula put social and environmental responsibility before company interests.

Glasgow, UK

Issue no. 2651 published 12 April 2008

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