By summarizing the political contributions and business practices of hundreds of corporations, this handy directory helps you support companies that share your political values. Follow your money; you might be surprised. The Blue Pages includes valuable information on political contributions to each major party, employee benefits and labor practices, lawsuits and investigations, and community and charitable programs. As this information starts to affect these companies at the cash register, they may be less inclined to support positions that conflict with their customers' values. The Blue Pages organizes companies alphabetically into 13 sectors, making it easy to find a particular product or service. A complete index allows you to find companies and brands even more quickly. Using this Zagat-style pocket reference, you can be conscientious about something you do every day - shop. Slim and portable, The Blue Pages is easy to put in a backpack or purse. It also makes a wonderful gift
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
By zhivago
Format:Paperback
An excellent reference guide, even more useful than I expected. The Blue Pages not only tells where corporate political contributions go, but it also gives a paragraph on each company detailing things such as law suits, labor relations, OSHA violations, and whether they have anti-discrimination policies on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Some companies of interest at first appeared not to be listed, but they I discovered they are in the index, and the index points to parent companies, or, in some cases, a subsidiary company.
I would encourange anybody who cares how their spending influences politics to buy this book.
Some companies of interest at first appeared not to be listed, but they I discovered they are in the index, and the index points to parent companies, or, in some cases, a subsidiary company.
I would encourange anybody who cares how their spending influences politics to buy this book.
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By Mary L
Format:Paperback
I am going to recommend this book to all of my friends. I was curious about the book after reading about it on the Daily Kos. I wanted to see for myself what all the hoopla was about. I examined THE BLUE PAGES and Buyblue.org. One is a book and the other is a website. I have to say that they really don't share very much in common. Buyblue is a blog with a limited amount of listings. As a blog Buyblue.org is very useful but their listing are very limited. THE BLUE PAGES on the other hand has lots of listings. I say use both of them and stop all of this progressive in fighting. As progressives we have a lot more important work to do. We need to spend our money with companies that share our politics. I going to take THE BLUE PAGES with me whenever I go shopping.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Consumer and shareholder activism is one of the few channels that everyday people (regardless of political persuasion; or particular single interest) have open.
The assumption that any given corporation will act in the interest of the shareholder, let alone the consumer is very unsafe. This book provides a handy reference for a consumer, or investor to make a more informed decision.
I found the information on current activities, issues and ethical valuations to be very helpful and generally up to date.
From an entirely personal perspective I dislike Companies that make sizable donations to any party, have "well funded" PAC's and profit from the suffering of others - in some instances it is more questionable when companies are making million dollar contributions to both parties. The simple proportion of democrat to republican has to be read with care (e.g. company shown as 100 percent republican with a 5000 donation). A symbol to highlight the big donors would be very helpful.
This book will have a short life given it's nature; I hope there will be annual updates.
The assumption that any given corporation will act in the interest of the shareholder, let alone the consumer is very unsafe. This book provides a handy reference for a consumer, or investor to make a more informed decision.
I found the information on current activities, issues and ethical valuations to be very helpful and generally up to date.
From an entirely personal perspective I dislike Companies that make sizable donations to any party, have "well funded" PAC's and profit from the suffering of others - in some instances it is more questionable when companies are making million dollar contributions to both parties. The simple proportion of democrat to republican has to be read with care (e.g. company shown as 100 percent republican with a 5000 donation). A symbol to highlight the big donors would be very helpful.
This book will have a short life given it's nature; I hope there will be annual updates.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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BLUE PAGES
This is the best thing ever, I can easily look through and pick & choose who I WILL an WILL NOT buy from....great tool for people that want to KNOW who they do business with. Read more
Published on January 13, 2009 by CD
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pocket guide to the political economy
I picked this up at the airport while waiting for a flight. The titled "The Blue Pages", it does not lean liberal in any way. Read more
Published on March 27, 2008 by Newton Ooi
5.0 out of 5 stars
Just what you think
This directory lists companies by name and product, and reports total money donated to both political parties, and divides the total into Repub and Dem. Read more
Published on February 17, 2008 by Roger Q. Callaway
4.0 out of 5 stars
great
very interesting and helpful book. it's a must have for those interested in where top execs spend their political dollars.
Published on June 10, 2007 by A. Davidson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Blue Pages Tells a Tale
This is an interesting book. It gives those who care an insite into the politics of the corporations you are dealing with. In some cases the choice of company 'A' vs. Read more
Published on February 2, 2007 by W. Harris
4.0 out of 5 stars
LET YOUR WALLET DO THE WALKING THRU THE BLUE PAGES!
I'm going to begin this book review with a little story, and if you'll just hang in there, you'll eventually see how it relates to THE BLUE PAGES. Read more
Published on January 14, 2007 by STEPHEN T. McCARTHY
4.0 out of 5 stars
switched to barnes and nobles
After I saw how much support the executives at amazon give to kill civilians in Iraq for oil profits I switched to Barnes and Nobles for my book purchases who gave 100% to... Read more
Published on August 28, 2006 by carfree
2.0 out of 5 stars
Who gathered this info anyway....?
While the idea of this book is great, and it can be used by people on both sides of the fence, it's questionable as to the validity of this information. Read more
Published on August 3, 2006 by Erik R. Kruse
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice handy guide
This guide provides an excellent overview of companies political contributions and policies. Useful regardless of your political leanings. Language appears to be non-biased. Read more
Published on June 1, 2006 by M. Kleczewski
2.0 out of 5 stars
Good idea, bad book
The perfect example of why this book is woefully inadequate is the entry for Papa Johns Pizza.
Nary a mention of the millions given to anti-choice groups by its founder... Read more
Nary a mention of the millions given to anti-choice groups by its founder... Read more
Published on April 26, 2006 by G. Schillinger
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