Buying Influence

What You Can Do To Make a Difference
There are simple things you can do to ensure that your dollars influence better corporate decision-making. The top ten are:

Get in the habit of making informed buying decisions. Instead of an unconscious decision, make your buying pro-active. Start with a few major items, or items you buy frequently and do the research them. How? Right here on this website. Check out the Corporate Review page.
Start being more conscious of the locally-owned and operated businesses you come across everyday. (The corporate listings we provide are only on large, publicly-traded companies.) Support local businesses that perform to the standards that have meaning to you, whatever that may be.
Help identify good companies. Good companies deserve rewards! Tell them "Thanks, I noticed." Share with us your good news story!
Send us your suggestions on companies that deserve to be rated and companies that we need to alert the public about that aren't performing. Share with us your bad news story!
Tell the corporations what you think, in writing by letter, by email, by fax or by phone call. For instance, tell them you are not shopping there any more and WHY! See samples. The more you communicate with companies what you think, the more likely and more quickly change will happen. Contact information is on the packaging, so start there. Look the company up on Google or other search engine and go to their website. (Our Corporate Review pages will soon have contact information for your reference.)
Tell others about the concept of cause spending. Bring issues like this up with your friends; direct them to this website; encourage them to begin "buying influence" with their hard-earned dollars, too!
Become more knowledgeable about the issue that interests you most; it will make you a better communicator. Seek out and spend a little time each week reading about your issue. No doubt you'll be surprised at how much is out there. AND, as you do so, please don't hesitate to send us the best materials and references so we can augment our Library!
Realize that public policy and corporate responsibility are sometimes intertwined, so pay attention to what is happening locally and nationally as issues are debated. View them through the lens of corporate responsibility.
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Make a donation to Buying Influence, Inc. We are a 501 C(3) non-profit organization, so your donation is tax deductible. Contact Executive Director Linda Eakes at 816-931-7896 or info@buyinginfluence.com.

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	"Corporations will keep doing things the way they've always been done, unless they face ongoing public scrutiny, or a real threat to their reputation and self-respect." - Evelyn Murphy, Founder of The WAGE Project, Inc.