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Corporate Claims of “No Conflicts of Interest” - The Case of Instacart Instacart employees claim no conflicts of interest with the online food access research the company supports. We disagree. Here is why.

A classic move from the commercial playbook: promoting “no conflicts of interest” research that *just happens* to support preferred policies (and yes, it has conflicts).

Check out our newest piece by @dryuchu.bsky.social

www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/no-conflicts-of-interest

Stealing Corporate Thunder A Guide to Prebunking and Debunking Commercial Disinformation in the Policy Space

We know that industries use the same narratives over and over again to evade regulations....so now what can we do? Check out our latest piece on fighting back against corporate disinformation efforts.

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This is a textbook example of the industry narrative playbook in action, as outlined in this week's newsletter: tinyurl.com/ycy7dc4p

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝-𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲.

This week, we dive into the narratives that corporations use to deflect responsibility of harm and convince policy makers not to regulate industry.

See the rest of the memes: tinyurl.com/4r52znhc
And check out the full deep dive: tinyurl.com/ycy7dc4p

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What Corporations Say to Get Their Policy Way Industries' Narrative Playbook to Fight Regulations

Our latest piece in Commercially Determined breaks down 10 common tropes used by industry to sway policy. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/narrative-.... Curious which you hear most in your policy space.

@dryuchu.bsky.social A belated gift for you in honor of your birthday yesterday!

Sometimes the systems we operate in feel so heavy that we need a bit of comedic relief. That's why we dedicate the last Tuesday of every month to laughing at harmful commercial practices.

Read the full parody piece and let us know if you chuckle: www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/do-no-harm

Everyone Has Parkinson’s Now (and What Industry Has To Do With It) (and What Industry Has to Do With It)

Pollution, pesticides, and diet soda, oh my!

A Parkinson’s diagnosis raises a bigger question: how much of our health is shaped by unseen forces?

See how we connect a personal story to population-level risk.

@abbie-c.bsky.social @dryuchu.bsky.social
www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/everyone-h...

Fighting Back Against Commercial Harms A look at how applying a commercial determinants lens unlocks systemic solutions and that you’re not powerless against powerful root causes.

We dedicate the second Tuesday of each month to reimagining what's possible.

This week's piece explains why practitioners should integrate a commercial determinants lens into their work.
www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/root-solutions-not-bandaids

@dryuchu.bsky.social @abbie-c.bsky.social

#commercialdeterminants #corporateplaybook #cdoh | Commercially Determined WHAT THE NEW DIETARTY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS DON'T SAY (AND WHAT INDUSTRY HAS TO DO WITH IT)   The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans landed yesterday. Many people have opined on the good an...

What the new Dietary Guidelines don’t say — and what industry has to do with it.

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Intro to Commercial Determinants: Confronting Business Harms An Introduction to Commercial Determinants

🎉 It’s here: the first edition of Commercially Determined.

The opening issue introduces a predictable corporate playbook—10 tactics repeated across industries and geographies.

Check it out and subscribe.

www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/commercial...

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