Fair trade bananas are the latest inan increasing array of commodities that are beingpromoted by various organizations in an effort tocreate alternative production and consumption patternsto the environmentally destructive and sociallyinequitable patterns inherent in traditionalproduction and...

Achieving sustainable development can only be possible if drastic changes are made at most levels. Consumer habits are not the only aspect that needs to change, even though this is pretty hard as it is. People’s views on economy, society and politics need to change as well. Sustainable...

This paper critiques market based political action (consumption as voting) with the aim of assessing its use as a means of political and societal action capable of helping develop a sustainable economy. Despite being able to motivate change within the market place, overall it is found to be...

Since its emergence, now more than twenty years, the social project of Sustainable development is becoming institutionalized in France, especially in the context of prioritization of the environment. Fair trade, institutionally defined as contributing to Sustainable development, while renewing...

In recent years, researchers have observed the process of mainstreaming Fair Trade and the emergence of alternative sustainability standards in the coffee industry. The underlying market dynamics that have contributed to these developments are, however, under-researched. Insight into these...

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on an innovative initiative taken spontaneously by producers in the supply chain of the table grapes and wine industry to empower employees. Empowerment is a fundamental force for change in doing business in South Africa and its societies, especially in...

Through the statement of four controversies, respectively dealing with the inclusion of companies working with hired labour, the respect of the cultural identity of handicrafts, the degree of marginality of producers? groups and the eventuality of building a ?local fair trade?, the author shows...

Our morning cups of coffee connect us to a global industry and an export crisis in the tropics that is destroying livelihoods, undermining the cohesion of families and communities, and threatening ecosystems. Confronting the Coffee Crisis explores small-scale farming, the political economy of...

Capitalist agriculture is highly exploitative of both producers and the environment. Fair trade is a movement attempting to mitigate this exploitation, partly by baiting corporate actors into the arena of “ethical production.†In the coffee industry, major corporations are responding...

Our work is part of a research program on the renewal of the discipline of strategic management. The concepts of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility would allow this regeneration. We particularly explore the case of fair trade organizations. The fair trade is indeed...