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Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
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I think that ABA was asked at one time to accredit a Code violator as a Breastfeeding Friendly Workplace. As I recall a decision was made not to because accreditation could be used to "white wash" (a breastfeeding support version of greenwash) the organisation- ie to sell it as a good corporate citizen. 
On your scenario Liz...glad I'm not an IBCLC to attempt to sort that one! It's not clear cut. Fortunately things are usually pretty clear. Those who work on infant formula manufacturer helplines have a dual marketing/health worker role and that is in breach of the Code. There's no ambiguity there.
Karleen Gribble
Australia



> So here is my chair-squirming question.
> 
> Think of the thousands of women working at Code-violating companies.  Some
> of them work in sales ... and some of them in accounting, or the lab, or
> administrative support, or in housekeeping, or human resources, or the tech
> support dept.  Entirely internal.  What happens if Horrid Code Violator
> Company says: "We want to provide lactation support to our employees, as
> all companies are being asked to do, in a global economy where most workers
> are women of child-bearing age.  And we are going to hire IBCLCs to do
> that. The IBCLCs may work on site providing BFg support to our employees;
> they may be available to our employees off-site for consultations or
> classes or equipment supply."
> 
> Would *you* take that job?  Why or why not?
> 
> -- 
> Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
> ILCA President (2012-14)
> Wyndmoor, PA, USA
> Twitter: @LizBrooksIBCLC
> FB: www.facebook.com/LizBrooksIBCLC
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