[sustran] Re: India - Bosch Horn commercial

[Christof Hertel]

I wrote yesterday to the CSR Department of Bosch to find out about how 
this complies with their CSR-policy.
No response yet
Best
Christof

Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory schrieb:
> Recently, some German companies have pulled out of activities which they 
> would probably not be able to do on German soil (e.g. some mega 
> hydropower projects).
>
> So, with that as a starting point, I wonder if the German-India Chamber 
> of Commerce (or something like that) can be contacted or even shamed 
> about this. Perhaps someone reading has relevant contacts in Germany 
> and/or India and can say something...
>
> - T
>
>
> Carlosfelipe Pardo wrote:
>   
>> We can also flag the video as inappropriate in youtube...
>>
>> Sujit Patwardhan wrote:
>>     
>>> Sudhir,
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzJFp6tfKU
>>>
>>> Someone really needs to drag Bosch to court (not just to the Ad Council) for
>>> promoting Noise Pollution. Should we forward it to the Ministry for
>>> Environment? It sure encourages violation of the Noise Pollution Act
>>> --
>>> Sujit
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Alan Howes <alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Thanks for that Todd - brilliant! And I always thought Americans had no
>>>> sense of humo[u]r! <GRD>
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately, I find it entirely believable that such ads work in India.
>>>> There is an appalling UK motorheads' TV programme called Top Gear, that is
>>>> exceptionally popular in India and a load of other "developing country"
>>>> markets - makes the Beeb a pile in export earnings. :-(
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Alan Howes, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland
>>>> email:    alan at ourpeagreenboat.co.uk
>>>> tel:        +44 (0)1786 822974
>>>> mobile:  +44 (0)7952 464335
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: sustran-discuss-bounces+alan=ourpeagreenboat.co.uk at list.jca.apc.org
>>>> [mailto:sustran-discuss-bounces+alan <sustran-discuss-bounces%2Balan>=
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>>>> On Behalf Of Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory
>>>> Sent: 15 November 2009 09:42
>>>> To: sustran-discuss at list.jca.apc.org
>>>> Cc: info at bosch.com
>>>> Subject: [sustran] Re: India - Bosch Horn commercial
>>>>
>>>> Hi Rutul,
>>>>
>>>> Bosch could NEVER get away with an advert like that on German television.
>>>>
>>>> In 2007, the satirical Onion publication came up with something on this
>>>> theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxgkHQp8Pds
>>>>
>>>> - T
>>>>
>>>> Rutul Joshi wrote:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Few days ago, some enthusiasts in Ahmedabad initiated the 'no honking
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> day'
>>>> in the city. While some people are trying hard to make such initiatives a
>>>> sucess, the TV commercials preach something else all together.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> This TV commercial 'promotes' honking as a powerful way to ease
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> 'congestion'! From start to the end - this commercial has all the possible
>>>> wrong elements.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzJFp6tfKU
>>>>>
>>>>> Majority of the roads in metro cities in India have noise pollution above
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> 80 decibels. Shouldn't such commercials be banned?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> best,
>>>>> Rutul.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rutul Joshi,
>>>>> Lecturer, Faculty of Planning and Public Policy,
>>>>> CEPT University, Ahmedabad - 380 009.
>>>>> Contact: +91-79-26302470-134(ext.) Mob: +91-99240 76451
>>>>> www.spcept.ac.in
>>>>>
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