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Empowering Consumers with Tools to Shop Responsibly

Responsible shopping shouldn't be this hard. Our start-up nonprofit organization, Citizens Market, is developing a crowdsourced website where information about corporate behavior is organized into scores that consumers can see while they shop.

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Stephane de Messieres Mechanical Turk: A Brilliant Model... for Exploitation?

May 27, 2010 01:15 pm

In recent months several folks have recommended that we use Amazon's Mechanical Turk (MTurk), a popular business tool that crowdsources simple tasks for very small fees per task.  MTurk has gained a reputation for getting grunt work done quickly, effectively and cheaply.  I poked around a bit and here are my conclusions so far:MTurk ... Continue reading Mechanical Turk: A Brilliant Model... for Exploitation?

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May 28, 2010 - 9:36am
I took a look at the website - and I can see where the concerns lie. It's tough because we don't know if it's someone's only source work. I think that's where the real issue lies. If people are bored or want to earn a couple extra bucks in spare time and are willing to do it, then why should there be a problem?
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  • Conscious Consumer
  • Boston, MA United States
  • Posted: Sep 21, 2009
  • Last Updated: May 27, 2010
  • Focus Areas: Environment: Air, Conservation, Endangered, Global Warming, Land, Water; Energy: Alternative; Politics: Campaign Finance, Fair Elections, Special Interests; Corporate Responsibility: Ethical Companies, Fair Sourcing, Fair Trade, Sustainability, Workforce Diversity; Health; Human Rights; Hunger
  • Website: www.citizensmarket.org

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