WDIP | Summer School: Greenwashing & Social Washing

<p style="background: white;"><span style= "font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> Welcome to WDIP Summer School. It’s not summer school for those who have failed. It’s summer school for those who want to catch up, and for those who want to get ahead. </span></p> <p style= "background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style= "font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> Every two weeks throughout the summer, we’ll look back on lessons learned from Season 3 which was all about making change right where you are.</span></p> <p style= "background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style= "font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> In class today, we explain “Greenwashing” and “Social Washing”– two ethically similar ideas that are important to understand for anyone who believes that there is a social and moral value in economic life.</span></p> <p style= "background: white; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;"> <span style= "font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"> We urge you to rewind to Season 3, Episode 2 (March 14): <em><span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;">Brewing Change: Labor Organizing at Starbucks</span></em> to reconnect with the behind-the-scenes story.  Take a listen and subscribe. </span></p> <p style= "background: white;