One for One

Implications - Traditionally, social causes have centered on public donations and charitable goods in which a portion of their proceeds are donated to the cause. More recently, however, a movement has taken over that has organizations giving a product away for each similar product sold. Proliferated by TOMS Shoes, the one-for-one movement is gaining ground, with an increasing number of social organizations applying it to their own business models and cause-driven consumers taking notice.