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YouTube has removed the accounts of prominent KKK leaders Richard Spencer and David Duke. The company announced in 2019 they would remove all the supremacist accounts yet it took over a year. What was the hold up? Read more

Disney films have come under scrutiny for some racist undertones. Even the splash mountain ride has been come to question based on the movie "Songs of the South" Would it be right for the company to change the ride and name or is it wrong to keep it as is? Read more

Eskimo Pie has decided to remove their name and logo as well. The brands that leverage racial and cultural perspectives are being take off shelves. What can they do to create brands that are offensive? Read more

Crayola crayons has renamed their flesh color crayon and released a new box of skin tone "colors of the world" crayon box. It was wrong for the company to define the light skin color as flesh but right to rename it. What's your feelings on the release of this new skin color box set? Read more

Uncle Ben's rice, which is owned by Mars corporation, has decided to rebrand and remove the name and logo. The reference to 'uncle' was avoid using names like mister. Clearly this has been a much needed change but is it too little too late? Read more

Quaker Oats, the parent brand of Aunt Jemima, is no longer going use the name or logo. In an overdue decision what do you think the brand should rename and position as? Her given name was Nancy Green and she was a true American success story. Born a slave in 1834 Montgomery County, KY. She became a wealthy superstar in the advertising world, as its first living trademark. Green was 56-yrs old when she was selected as spokesperson for a new ready-mixed, self-rising pancake flour and made her debut in 1893 at a fair and exposition in Chicago. She demonstrated the pancake mix and served thousands of pancakes and became an immediate star. She was a wonderful storyteller, her personality was warm and appealing, and her showmanship was exceptional. Her exhibition booth drew so many people that special security personnel were assigned to keep the crowds moving. Nancy Green was signed to a lifetime contract, traveled on promotional tours all over the country, and was extremely well paid. Her financial freedom and stature as a national spokesperson enabled her to become a leading advocate against poverty and a fighter for equal rights.She maintained her job until her death in 1923, at age 89. This was a real person and a remarkable woman. Read more

University of Virginia smoothed the handles that were a reference to serpentine walls on the UVA campus that were originally constructed to keep enslaved people out. Is this enough for a logo redesign? Read more

Bumble Bee tuna CEO was sentenced to prison and $100k fine for price fixing tuna. It was right for the government to prosecute and fine the CEO but how does the brand recoup? Read more

The CEO of crisis text line was immediately terminated due to inappropriate actions. How does the company redeem itself after? What can they do to make what is wrong, right? Read more

The Democratic party is having a hard time with the "defund the police" movement. There is concern in the party that the extreme left is taking over. Is this right? What is wrong about defunding the police? Read more

The founder of CrossFit has stepped down after some extremely disturbing revealations regarding his opinions on the death of George Floyd. Reebok has pulled all their sponsorship and the company is facing difficulty gaining back respect and trust. Read more

Nascar has banned the confederate flag from their races. Shouldn't this have been done early? Read more

The band Lady Antebellum has changed their name to Lady A after their previous name referred pre-civil war architecture. Was that enough to change it or is Lady A just short for Antebellum? Read more

J.K. Rowling has spoken out against trans women by invalidating their biological right to consider and enjoy sex. How can she think it is right that not all of us are considered one? Read more

There was nothing right about what Fox News shared on their network and should be held accountable for sharing something this disgraceful. Read more

The NFL has come out and said they were wrong for not listening and supporting those protesting like Collin Kaepernick who took a knee. No team has offered Kaepernick a contract since 2017, which many attribute to his protests. The NFL team owners were accused of colluding to keep him from being signed. Read more

L'Oréal has been called out for exploiting the black lives matter movement while firing the first trans model for speaking out against white supremacy and racism in 2017. They can't be right if firing the very person who was speaking out was wrongly fired. Read more

Stephanie Pratt was tweeted in response to the recent looting "shoot the looters" yet she herself has looted a store in Honolulu. It's probably wrong for anyone to speak out about something they did or shoot someone for looting but right to condemn looting. Read more

The University of Oxford has tweeted support fo the end to racism yet keeps a statue to commemorate Cecil Rhodes, known racist. Practice what you preach and actions speak louder than words. Read more

Quibi founder, Jeffery Katzenberg, claims the failure of the new media & entertainment app is because of the pandemic. Maybe he is right or maybe he has the wrong timing or idea at this time. Read more

TikTok has violated a $5.7 million agreement reached with the FTC in 2019 that settled previous allegations that the company had violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The group that originally sued has claimed TikTok violated the settlement. Even tho it is wrong for the company is not protecting content of children under 13 is it right to continuously blame the plateform? At what point are their parents responsible? Read more

Uber has disposed of tens of thousands of bikes after the acquisition of Jump was made but then sold to Lime. The company stated that the bikes were too much of a liability to keep but how could this have been turned into something right rather than wrong? Read more

Kirby Jenner many never knew existed. As the faternal twin to Kendall he has released his own show on Quibe. Although it feels wrong there is another Kardasian/Jenner reality show, the platform and plot feel right. Will you watch? Read more

Dollar General had done little to nothing for their employees to protect them against COVID-19. After an analyst spoke up he was fired. Clearly it is wrong that Dollar General is not properly protecting their employees and right that the analyst reported this against the brand. Read more

Twitter recently put on president Trump's tweets a fact checking link after endless misleading and blatant abusing of the platform to spread misinformation. Is it right for a company to sensor speech? Is is wrong for the president to try and prevent companies from spreading misinformation? Read more

Joe Rogan has been accused of insider trading after his successful podcasting series was bought by Spotify. Spotify add $1.7 billion to its market cap and this video was tweeted. Why is it ok for insider trader to continue to run and support the economy for the privileged upper class? Read more

The Catholic Church has received over 9,000 PPP loans even tho they do not pay taxes and are meant for small business. Although the institutions provide care and comfort for communities they do not contribute to the tax system. Thus, is it right for them to get loans over small businesses? Read more

Burger King released a social distancing crown in Germany. The problem is the crowns don't keep 6 feet distance, they are an extremely wasteful, and feels more like exploiting the pandemic. Read more

Walmart's recent ad promoting staying home but have their employees keep stocking shelves feels more about capitalizing on the crisis than genuinely expressing the support they provide their employees and patrons. Read more

Pepsi had a PR nightmare where a local agency promoted COVID-19 testing at Walmart using a Pepsi ad banner. Although using a branded banner ad for Pepsi seems right, exploiting testing at a Walmart is wrong in several ways. Read more

Chuck E. Cheese's was confused with an alternative name on Grubhub, Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings, which shares kitchens but sells premium pizza. People were initially outraged by the misrepresentation as a local business to attract unaware consumers. Is Check E. Cheese's right to sharing kitchens? Or was it wrong that Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings did not disclose they are sharing kitchens with Chuck E. Cheese's? Read more

Amazon Fashion has recently launched as a collaboration with Vogue in support of Common Threads. Although this is well-intentioned program the idea of shopping U.S. luxury fashion brands on a generic platform could lose the essence and equities of the brand's. The labels are over commercialized and inspiration behind the current seasons' collection will lessen its exclusivity. Read more

Billionaire Bob Parsons gave back the $7 million PPP loan after some "soul searching". Parson owns Godaddy, a publicly traded website domain and hosting company. He recognized that small businesses are more in need of the PPP loans than his. Read more

Verizon has removed its ads touting that they are “building the most powerful 5G experience for America”. In fact, the company has only covered 5G in sports venues and high density areas, misrepresenting their real coverage. Leveraging 5G is right but misleading the real coverage is wrong. Read more

JCPenny filed for bankruptcy but not before paying their executives millions in bonuses. Why is it that the industry accepts paying executives bonuses while thousands fo employees loose their jobs and livelihood. Why do these executives keep their jobs after as well? Read more

Google is likely going to court this summer over antitrust. The company has been notorious for unfairly dominating the online advertising market. At what point do they stop squashing the competition and at what level of success will Google allow competitors? Read more

Brian Chesky is the CEO of Airbnb and had to let go of 25% of his employees due to COVID-19. Although it feels wrong to let go this percentage of people, the way in which he explains the layoff is justified and the unprecedented circumstances make this move right. Read more

BMW recently came out with a vectorized flat logo. Although this is an option to allow easier brand recognition, the flat style feel exactly that. Also the white boarder and letters limit the logo and the company uses a gray when on a white background, which is off. Nonetheless, every major brand is coming out with this logo style and it seems to be the wrong kind of right. Read more

Brandless has abruptly shut down, in part, from being a brand that pretended to not be a brand and thereby not seeing the success that comes from having a strong one. They did not differentiate themselves enough besides cheap pricing. Brandless did have a brand but it was just a bad one. Read more

Although it may seem like a good move for the City of New York to cap delivery fees it might be the wrong right. In the United States demand dictates the desirability and price of a product or service. This move may discourage other delivery services from starting. Read more

Retailers have already struggled due to the COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing. Customers are not purchasing as much because no one is seeing each other. To make ends meet SSENSE is having a 50% off sale in mid-season. This could impact luxury brands where retailers are selling mid-season to one-time customers. Read more

President Trump has released a new ad titled "American Comeback" and touts he saved thousands of lives by putting a ban travel on China, yet over 40k people arrived on direct flights from China. He blames the press and says that the economy is strong yet being in the middle of a pandemic. Read more

"You: why is my balance so low.
Bank account: make coffee at home
Bank account: eat the food that's already in the fridge
Bank account: you don't need a cab, it's only three blocks...”
Chase bank's Twitter was in some hot water after a #MondayMotivation tweet, which was taken down. Although the message behind the tweet might have been well intended it came off as insensitive. During these times it's important to factor in the current climate to understand what people are going through. This might have been more appropriate if there was not a pandemic. Read more

With millions of unemployed Americans, companies like FedEx have cut their hiring despite a drastic increase in shipments and online ordering. Additionally, the company received a $60 million dollar federal grant but their hiring is 62% down. What is the company prioritizing and where are these funds going? Read more

Spangler Candy has recently announced that Dum Dums will discontinue the prizes wrapper campaign after almost 70 years. The company stated they can always restart the campaign but wanted to focus on other initiatives. In August 2019 the company launched its first advertisement campaign after almost 30 years. I wonder if the ending of the wrapper prize campaign has any correlation to the COVID-19 crisis? Read more

Recently, Elon Musk has headlined for various actions including his disapproval of the COVID-19 government lockdown and Tesla's stock prices being too high. Musk had Tweeted that Tesla stock prices were too high and the stock dropped 10.3% as a response. Lastly, Elon has always had strong opinions and visions and his recent comments calling the shut down of the Tesla Factory in California "fascist" is no exception. His brand and image could be impacted by all these actions or this could be the kind of publicity to help drive more recognition and support. Read more

Los Angeles Lakers were the only NBA team to ask for a Paycheck Protection Plan loan, and received $4.6M, but returned it once being reported. Brands applying for public assistance with the PPP should assess how it will impact their image. The root of the problem stems from massive banks turning to disaster relief bills as a slush fund for their indebted public brands and customers. These banks do not give a fuck about the fiscally prudent small business. Read more

The Super Bowl LIV in 2020 featured an ad from Michelob Brewing Company for Americans to help increase organic farmland by purchasing a 6-pack of Michelob ULTRA Pure Gold. The 6 For 6-Pack program is miscalculated and wrong. Why would organic farming motivate consumers to purchase their beer? Did they not calculate that consumers would need to spend $450 million on their beer to donate $1 million for a commercial that costs $10 million to run? Read more

Celebrity rapper Eminem donated a pair of Jordans to help in the COVID-19 crisis. Although the sneakers are extremely rare and retail for over $20 thousand the gesture might not be right. This is a co-branded effort where the shoes will be sold on auction site StockX. However, it does not clearly indicate what portion of profits will be donated. The lack of transparency and donating pre-owned garments seems wrong. Is donating sneakers the most effective way to show support during a pandemic? Read more

Denver Health hospital executives received hundreds of thousands in bonuses, while frontline workers were asked by the CEO to cut their hours and pay. Top executives work from home while those on the front lines risk their lives every day. These are not just medical professionals but workers who clean, sustain, and run the hospitals to keep everyone safe and running smoothly. What do you think Denver Health should do? Require executives who received bonuses to donate or return the funds? Read more

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