Can social interactions be used to encourage the consumption of fair-trade products? Social interactions may alter purchase behavior by triggering either self-image concerns (when one sees others' decisions without being seen) or social-image concerns (when everybody sees everyone else). A...

Can social interactions be used to favor the consumption of fair-trade products? Social interactions can alter purchase behaviors by triggering either self-image concerns (when one observes others' decisions without being observed) or social-image concerns (when everybody observes everyone). A...

</titre> The production of organic and fair-trade cotton started in Mali in 2004 in a context of crisis of the conventional cotton. This alternative met a strong interest among the producers, in particular the female ones ; their status of producers gives the women new opportunities and contributes...

Compared to matched conventional mutual funds, socially responsible mutual funds outperform during periods of market crises. This dampening of downside risk comes at the cost of underperforming during non-crisis periods. Investors seeking downside protection would value the asymmetry of these...

Статья посвящена рассмотрению понятия «корпоративная социальная ответственность» (КСО) и обоснованию социально ответственного поведения бизнеса в рамках...

This paper reviews the capacity of colleges and universities to serve poor and vulnerable populations during past and present economic shocks. The main argument is that the environment of the global recession—an Asia far more economically integrated than during past economic shocks, with...

This paper reports on a relationship between the University of Toronto and a non-profit, non-governmental (“third party”) certifying organization called Local Flavour Plus (LFP). The University as of August 2006 requires its corporate caterers to use local and sustainable farm products for a...

The EU has developed various instruments aimed at combining the protection of the environment with the operation of the market. Eco labels have been recognized from the 1990ies onward as a way to bring public authorities and civil society together with a view to promote environmental concerns....