Editing Amway (section)

==Other issues==
===Cultism===
Some Amway distributor groups have been accused of using "[[cult]]-like" tactics to attract new distributors and keep them involved and committed.<ref name=butterfield/><ref name="samways">{{cite book |last=Samways |first=Louise |date=1994 |title=Dangerous Persuaders |location=Ringwood, Vic., Australia |publisher=Penguin |isbn=9780140235531 |ol=1159413M |oclc=31288848 |lccn=94137444}}</ref><ref name="hidden-persuaders">"Hidden persuaders", by Tony Thompson. ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'', June 22–29, 1994</ref><ref name="forbes-positive-inspiration">''The power of positive inspiration'' by [[Paul Klebnikov]]. [[Forbes]], December 9, 1991</ref> Allegations include resemblance to a [[Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|Big Brother]] organization with a paranoid attitude toward insiders critical of the organization,<ref name="forbes-positive-inspiration"/> seminars and rallies resembling religious [[revival meeting]]s,<ref name="butterfield"/><ref name="forbes-positive-inspiration"/> and enormous involvement of distributors despite minimal incomes.<ref name="butterfield"/><ref name="hidden-persuaders"/><ref name="forbes-positive-inspiration"/> An examination of the 1979–1980 tax records in the state of [[Wisconsin]] showed that the Direct Distributors reported a net loss of $918 on average.<ref name="bromley-quasi-religious">''Quasi religious corporations: A new integration of religion and capitalism?'' by [[David G. Bromley]]. In ''Religion and the Transformations of Capitalism: Comparative Approaches'', edited by Richard H. Roberts, pages 135–160. Routledge, 1995</ref><ref name="hidden-persuaders"/>

===''Dateline NBC''===
In 2004, ''[[Dateline NBC]]'' featured a critical report based on a yearlong undercover investigation of business practices of Quixtar.<ref name="DATELINE">{{Cite news
  | last = Hansen
  | first = Chris
  | author-link = Chris Hansen
  | title = In pursuit of the almighty dollar
  | work = [[Dateline NBC]]
  | publisher = [[NBC News]]
  | date = May 7, 2004
  | url = http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4375477
  | access-date = July 5, 2007
  | archive-date = February 6, 2013
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130206084807/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/4375477
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> The report noted that the average distributor makes only about $1,400 per year and that many of the "high level distributors singing the praises of Quixtar" are actually "making most of their money by selling motivational books, tapes and seminars; not Quixtar's cosmetics, soaps, and electronics":

<blockquote>In fact, about twenty high level distributors are part of an exclusive club; one that those hundreds of thousands of other distributors don't get to join. For years only a privileged few, including Bill Britt, have run hugely profitable businesses selling all those books, tapes and seminars; things the rank and file distributors can't sell themselves but, are told over and over again, they need to buy in order to succeed.</blockquote>

The program said that a Quixtar recruiter featured in the report made misleading and inconsistent statements about Quixtar earnings during a recruitment meeting and had an outstanding [[arrest warrant]] for cocaine possession from the mid-90s.<ref name=DATELINE/>