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"All cruelty springs from weakness." -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge, but all economies know that the only sensible long term way of developing is to do it on a sustainable basis." -- Tony Blair

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"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." -- Mohandas K. Gandhi

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"Too often we under-estimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."-- Dr. Felice Leonardo Buscaglia

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"The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today." -- Saint Francis of Assisi

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"The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal them to their own." -- Benjamin Disraeli

"Many organic practices simply make sense, regardless of what overall agricultural system is used. Far from being a quaint throwback to an earlier time, organic agriculture is proving to be a serious contender in modern farming and a more environmentally sustainable system over the long term." -- David Suzuki

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"A sign saying it's halal is not always enough... There needs to be other evidence." -- Imam Mohammad Elahi (Halal food meets Islamic dietary laws. Halal is an Arabic word that refers to "what is permitted.")

"As I see it, every day you do one of two things: build health or produce disease in yourself." -- Adelle Davis

"We have reached a point where it [is] not sufficient to teach and promote the whys of keeping kosher... It is necessary to ensure we talk about how our kosher food is produced." -- Rabbi Morris Allen (Kosher food meets Jewish dietary laws. Kosher, or kashrut, comes from the Hebrew word for "fit.")

"Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality." -- Peter F. Drucker

"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." -- Albert Einstein (Vegan food is prepared without animal products or byproducts.)

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"Monopoly...is a great enemy to good management." -- Adam Smith

"A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises." -- Saul Alinsky

"The untrammeled intensification of laissez-faire capitalism and the spread of market values into all areas of life, is endangering our open and democratic society." -- George Soros

"The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple." -- Oscar Wilde

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Title: Division of Kroger's has a History of Negative Press for its Treatment of Employees

Consumer Interest: Labor Issues (change)

According to CoopAmerica.org, "Kroger's has the dubious distinction of being named one of the Multinational Monitor's 10 Worst Companies of 2006. According to the Multinational Monitor, a magazine that tracks the actions of multinational corporations, Ralphs Grocery, a division of Kroger's is guilty of one of the biggest union-busting activities in history. Ralphs plead guilty to criminal charges in connection with a 2003 strike, in which it locked out workers and illegally hired union workers to replace the strikers. The charges included falsifying employment records and tax documents. Ralphs was fined $20 million and ordered to pay $50 million in compensation, health benefits and pension funds for its workers. Additionally, the company was put on three-years probation." See http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/responsibleshopper/company.cfm?id=254

Author: Consume_with_a_Conscience

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