Who is more Influential - NGOs or Industry Associations?
Who is more Influential in shaping Public Opinion? NGOs or Industry Associations During school I read one proverb, " one rotten apple spoils the whole basket ". In recent times there were many headlines in newspapers in which business houses were involved for many wrong reasons. Some of them are: Coal mines allocation 2G allocation Defence contracts Midday meal contracts Civil contracts Liquor Contracts Fund or loans diversion by large corporates Stock market manipulation Black Money Tax violations Pollution of water bodies by industries Land grabbing Illegal Mining Spurious and sub-standard products many more... Sometimes I wonder why none of these issues were ever highlighted or discussed by industry chambers. Why always NGOs came in front to expose these issues? What is wrong with Industry Chambers? Why one rotten apple was allowed to spoils the whole basket? It is quite a disturbing trend, because today in public opinion