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In an Era of Increased Transparency, A New Approach to Business Branding

Series: Just Business
From: Carnegie Council
Length: 00:27:59

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As he retools Lipman, a New York advertising agency, Michael Mendenhall discusses a new approach to branding. He also talks about how companies' ethics are on display in an era of increased transparency, and how they can turn transparency into a business advantage. Read the full description.

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Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.

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Piece Description

Just Business is a series of audio interviews that examines some of the tangled pathways that companies and civil society face. Host Julia Taylor Kennedy sits down with thought leaders across a variety of sectors to discuss the intersection between business and society.

Transcript

JULIA KENNEDY: Welcome to Just Business, a series of interviews on global business ethics.

Today I've taken a field trip to the West Village [in Manhattan]. I'm here at Lipman offices, talking about ethical marketing and branding with Michael Mendenhall, president and chief operating officer at Lipman, which is an advertising agency entering its 85th year in 2012.

Earlier this year, Mendenhall and two partners, one of them David Lipman bought out the rest of the Lipman family. And they're reshaping the company to move from a traditional ad agency into a more holistic branding consultancy. We'll talk about what that means, and how corporate values and ethics come into play, in this new model.

Mendenhall has quite a track record in global citizenship, as senior vice president and chief marketing officer at HP [Hewlett-Packard]. Mendenhall also spent 17 years at the Walt Disney Company,...
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Additional Credits

Deborah Carroll- Producer
Julia Kennedy- Producer/Host of Just Business
Robert Smithline- Editor
Terence Hurley- Editor
Gusta Johnson- Production Assistant

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