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A boycott is a willful and deliberate action coordinated across a segment of a community in which that segment seeks to effect commercial or political reform by refusing to deal with a particular person, company, country, or other entity. Consumer advocates typically promote the boycott of a particular product or manufacturer because the product or manufacturer offends the sensibilities of the boycott promoter. For example, some consumer advocates encourage the boycott of Sony products because Sony embedded potentially malicious software in their Sony BMG Music CD (Review PC World Article at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947166,00.html). Some boycotts are imposed by law. For example, it is illegal in the USA to conduct business with companies that operate in Cuba. Such boycotts are typically designed to achieve a political aim. Boycotts are only effective when the organizers of the boycott succeed in convincing a large enough population to refuse to deal with the targeted entity such that the entity's economic interests are affected. It is unclear if the USA's boycott of trade with Cuba has achieved any outcomes, since the USA is virtually alone its position, and the boycott has not achieved the results desired by the USA's government. However the mere threat of a boycott can be very effective, especially in the commercial world, where profits weigh heavily in corporations' decisions.
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This person refused to give up a seat on the bus that led that led to a 382 day boycot by black people in Montgomery?
rosa parks
In 1961 the Interstate Commerce Commission ordered all buses trains and terminals to be desegregated This was done in response to the violent reactions whites had against the Montgomery Bus Boycot?
Freedom Rides.
What is a sentence using boycott?
The feminist organization announced they would boycot, and hoped everyone would join them, this company that pays men more than women for the same job.
Why did the bus boycott lasted so long?
Black people had to sit way in the back and so we stoped taking the bus which Revernd Martin Luther King Jr called the boycot
What were the specific contributions of the people involved in the Boston Tea Party?
The boston tea party was a war between the british and the indians they got into battle when the british made tax on tea and the indians got mad and the started to boycot so they threw the tea overboard and then the indians ended up paying for the tea because they threw it overboard.
How do you spell boycot?
Add a "t" and you're good.
Who visualized program of swadeshi and boycot against the partition of Bengal?
b.c.paul
What was Martin Luther King Jr greatest achievement and why?
By making the boycot busses !!
Which country hated the Olympic logo so much they threatened to boycot the games?
Iran.
Why did Spain boycot the nazi olympic games?
Spain were at their Civil War during 1936
What are Rosa Parks accomplishment?
Rosa Parks was, in large part, responsible for the boycot of buses by most African Americans because she refused to move out of her seat for a white person. The boycot ended the rule that black had to sit at the back of the bus because the bus companys were losing so much money from the boycot.
Why is the world not a fair place?
racism, bullying, child labour, child abuse, bus boycot, etc.
In the 1960's what form of civil rights movement began with a bus ride through the south?
the bus boycot
What did Frederick Douglass do after he escaped slavery?
he fled to the north so he could be free and lead an anti-slavery boycot
What happened to npc dama and cola claims?
i boycot ang election kung di mababayadan ang cola at dama.
What tactic is used that invoved asking its supporters not to purchase certain goods in an effort to use economic leverage?
That tactic is known as a boycot.
Why do people think they should boycot Israel?
Let nobody boycot isreal.because iseral did not offend any group or country.so let guide isreal country so that god should also guideyou and country too.but if you do go against isreal god will go against and your country.let mind the way we speak to holy land.
