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Ethical Marketing: A Background Story and Definition

A background story Four and a half years ago, I stepped off of a little propeller plane onto the Greek island of Lesvos and into the middle of the ongoing refugee crisis. For two months in 2018, and three months in 2019, I worked in Moria Refugee Camp, then known as the worst refugee camp […]

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