Solve it all simply... follow the money, power and greed. Big Finance and Big Pharma only care about that. It's never about people or peoples' well-being. How can take more money out of our pockets and give us less. Enough said.
These are all very positive moves by your company, Mr. Creevey. I am genuinely glad to hear about them, and relieved these changes have been made in your policies.
Can you please send me a copy of your company policy regarding your prohibition on working for tobacco companies? And would Edelman consider publicly renouncing its past work on behalf of the tobacco industry and issuing an apology to the public for the harm your company has caused through the decades it spent working on behalf of the tobacco industry? We would be glad to help out by cross-posting it on our site.
Anne Landman
Anne, please know that Edelman divested an operation in Canada and resigned all tobacco business in 2000, and subsequently instituted a policy prohibiting work for tobacco companies or tobacco products in any capacity across the firm. When our Malaysia office started to conduct a corporate social responsibility project in Malaysia for a tobacco company in 2003, it was stopped immediately and the small project fee was donated to charity. In addition, we actively support smoking cessation efforts as well as provide $2000 to any staff member who decides to quit smoking. In 2007 Edelman received the CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation from the CEO Roundtable on Cancer which is awarded after a company meets or exceeds rigorous standards to improve the health of employees.
Derek Creevey, Chief Administrative Officer, Edelman
Wendell Potter's book "Deadly Spin" clearly spells out the unethical efforts of a few to convince the many that healthcare reform was evil and the status quo was better. Mr. Potter provides the transparency that only an insider can provide: those who benefit from the status quo financed and directed an elaborate PR campaign to purposely disguise the truth and rob the majority of Americans of their future health and economic well-being. The truth is painful, but it does empower us, the public, and our legislative leaders to act on knowledge, not fear, in the future.
Of course, I'm sure a couple of the "commandments" of the PR industry are "NEVER admit wrongdoing" and "FIGHT BACK whether you're right or wrong".
Only The Rich/Big Corporations can afford good PR and enough good lawyers.
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