Canadian universities are expanding opportunities for students to travel, study, volunteer and work abroad for academic credit, especially in regions of the global south often called “developing countries.” It is widely assumed that exposure to extreme poverty through short-term placements...

Le commerce équitable est le mouvement socio-économique contemporain le plus ancien sur la scène internationale. Sa contribution à une meilleure prise en compte des conditions sociales de production dans les pays en développement est reconnue par les citoyens et des analystes des pays du...

This paper examines the ethics of refugee aid, attempting to answer “Why do States engage in refugee aid?” Moving beyond the simplistic answer based on the notion of charity, which demonstrably fits ill with the essentially positivist methodology of conducting refugee aid, an ethical model...

Is it possible to carry out social and economic policies in the global sphere similar to those the welfare state carries out inside their territories? To answer this question we will consider the theoretical model that political philosophy based on realism presents for international relations,...

The ethics of development comprises both fieldwork and consideration of the theoretical frameworks that guide practical action. In this article, such a framework for development ethics is presented, in an effort to link two traditions: those associated with economists Denis Goulet and Amartya...

Partnership is one of the less well-defined concepts of fair trade, yet one central to its definition. It has three components (representational regime, control mechanisms and spaces of negotiation) that coexist and have a variable importance depending on the moment of the history of the...

We would like in this article to investigate the ambivalent relations between fair trade and market. Is the objective of development advanced by fair trade compromised or facilitated through the use of market exchanges? Fair trade activists seem very critical towards the market logic, as the...

Although there are several models that seek to understand development, few authors try to characterize underdevelopment under an all-encompassing concept. This is why the notion of vulnerability, as exposed by Goulet in The Cruel Choice (1971), continues to be useful in the analysis of...

Since the beginning of the 80s, a growing number of tourist operators are involved in the implementation of responsible practices. Facing this exponential production of ethic charters and codes of conduct, the question must be asked of the reality of their altruism. The analysis of the...

As developing countries have become more integrated within the global economy, new, developing world-based economic elites have emerged as important philanthropists and development actors. The burgeoning trend of indigenous philanthropy holds particularly important implications for traditionally...