Environment in Crisis


Front Groups

Description
Examples

Strategies
Pretending
Casting Doubt
Opposing Solutions
Superficial Solutions
Blaming Individuals

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Influence
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Blaming the Individual

Some front groups seek to portray enviornmental problems as being the fault of the individual consumer or citizen so as to shift the blame from industry and business. For example, the Keep America Beautiful Campaign seeks to attribute litter and waste disposal problems to individual's acting irresponsibly and admits no corporate responsibility for the problem. It ignores the role of manufacturing companies, fast food outlets and retailers in excess or inappropriate packaging and lack of recycling of packaging.

 


© 2003 Sharon Beder