<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><rec-number>8553</rec-number><ref-type>Case Study </ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Funke, Rhiannon Dodds</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Potthast, Adam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boxall, Susanna Flavia</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diaz-Sprague, Raquel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Funke, Michael Brian</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Myers, Gretchen A.</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Association for Practical and Professional Ethics</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Selling Sex?</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">business</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BUSINESS ethics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">marketing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marketing Ethics</style></keyword></keywords><taxonomies><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marketing Ethics</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Business Ethics</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marketing</style></taxonomy><taxonomy><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Business</style></taxonomy></taxonomies><pubtype><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case Study </style></pubtype><audience-level><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ug</style></audience-level><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">09/2011</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ethics.iit.edu/EEL/Selling%20Sex.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Association for Practical and Professional Ethics</style></publisher><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">American Apparel has been a prime target of criticism since the company launched in 1997. Many describe their advertisements and web site as &quot;soft porn&quot; and by many accounts, the company's sex-charged advertisements are a reflection of the company's internal atmosphere and the guiding force of the company founder and CEO, Dov Charney.  Several former employees of Charney have objected to the sexualized culture at the company and have alleged that the company violates sexual harassment laws. Charney sees his company as confronting taboos against natural sexual expression. The company also has taken a stand on many controversial political issues, including avoiding sweatshop labor, paying its employees nearly twice the minimum wage, subsidizing health insurance and supporting immigration liberalization. </style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case Study prepared for the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl Regional Competitions, 2011
http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/ethicsbowl.html</style></notes></record></records></xml>