boycotts
Organized purchasing refusals
Boycotts are organized refusals to buy from, sell to, or otherwise engage with a company, country, or entity as a form of protest or pressure.
The tactic aims to cause economic harm until demands are met: Consumer boycotts forced the company to change its labor practices.
To boycott is to participate in such a campaign or simply to avoid something on principle: She boycotts fast fashion.
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- trade barrierRestriction on imports
- tariffTax on traded goods
- blockadeSealing off a place
divestment · economic pressure · supply chain · revenue loss · trade restriction · import ban · export ban · economic isolation
Public display of opinion
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
- marchRhythmic group walk
- rallyGathering for a cause
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
strike · civil disobedience · placards · chanting · activists · union · grievance · discontent
Wholeness through cohesion
- allianceFormal union of parties
- collective actionOrganized group pursuit
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
- supportTo uphold or sustain
cooperation · joint effort · mutual aid · collaboration · grassroots · community · organizing · network
Economic spending ability
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- corporate accountabilityFirms' obligation for conduct
- spending habitsTypical purchasing behaviors
- fair tradeEquitable exchange between parties
Internal moral sense
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- justiceFair treatment under law
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
human rights · dignity · integrity · social responsibility · values · equity · righteousness · conviction
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- trade barrierRestriction on imports
- tariffTax on traded goods
blockade · divestment · economic pressure · supply chain · revenue loss · trade restriction · import ban · export ban · economic isolation · capital flight
demonstration
Public display of opinion
sit-in · strike · civil disobedience · placards · chanting · activists · union · grievance · discontent · public outcry
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- allianceFormal union of parties
- collective actionOrganized group pursuit
- coalitionTemporary alliance for action
support · cooperation · joint effort · mutual aid · collaboration · grassroots · community · organizing · network · mobilization
purchasing power
Economic spending ability
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- corporate accountabilityFirms' obligation for conduct
- spending habitsTypical purchasing behaviors
conscience
Internal moral sense
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- justiceFair treatment under law
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
accountability · human rights · dignity · integrity · social responsibility · values · equity · righteousness · conviction · idealism
- American RevolutionDeclaration of Independence, Boston Tea Party, Continental Congress, founding fathers, Stamp Act
- restrictionsban, bans, limits, limit, restrictions
- 70s Activismantiwar movement, Black Power, Cesar Chavez, consciousness raising, Earth Day
- business threatscompetition, substitutes, price wars, market saturation, brand damage
- Dissentprotest art, civil disobedience, dissidents, protest songs, protest poetry
- grassrootsgrassroots, activist, volunteer, volunteers, volunteering
- economic boycottCoordinated consumer abstention
- bus boycottOrganized refusal to ride
- consumer boycottOrganized refusal to purchase
- sex boycottWithholding intimacy as protest
- Montgomery bus boycott1955 Alabama transit protest
- school boycottsProtest by avoiding attendance