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Influencer Marketing, PR, and ESG Principles: When Brand Trips Backfire
A new, peer-reviewed teaching case balances influencer marketing, PR, ESG principles, and ethics.

Stephanie Thum, Ph.D., CCXP
7 days ago2 min read


Dark Patterns and CX Ethics: What the Amazon Prime Case Reveals About Customer Experience Leadership
Explore how Amazon’s dark patterns case exposes deeper ethical issues in customer experience and how virtue ethics can guide CX leadership.

Stephanie Thum, Ph.D., CCXP
Oct 19, 20252 min read


Customer Experience Ethics in the Spotlight: Amazon’s $2.5B Dark Patterns Settlement with the FTC
The $2.5 billion Amazon "dark patterns" settlement illuminates deep ethical CX questions.

Stephanie Thum, Ph.D., CCXP
Sep 29, 20253 min read


Is Your CX Strategy Ethically Sound? 3 Major Cases to Consider
CX professionals can help build a future where exceptional customer experiences go hand-in-hand with ethical business practices.

Stephanie Thum, Ph.D., CCXP
Jun 17, 20242 min read


Customer fury, narcissism, and digital vigilantism: 5 studies on the stormy side of CX
Most of us would prefer to love our customers, but the feeling isn’t always mutual. Customers can be unruly. They can hate your brand, openly or privately. They can ignite social media firestorms with a single click on a smartphone. The risk only grows in complexity when employees can get burned out and lose faith in your brand. Understanding why is a solid step toward getting in front of the problems. Here are five recent peer-reviewed scholarly studies on the stormy side of

Stephanie Thum, Ph.D., CCXP
Jan 3, 20222 min read
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