The associative or communal approach presupposes that the spontaneous organization of individuals and the issuing binding norms suffice to ensure adequate protection and a whole set of social goods and services. This article illustrates the difficulties that such a proposition may be confronted...

</titre> Sustainable development leads to a marginalization of its social dimension. This dimension has acknowledged a deep analytical renewal these recent years. The interactive dynamics of poverty and inequality are nowadays addressed together. The social dimension has been incorporated into the...

</titre> Within Fair Trade, labeled chains are often opposed to specialized chains. The first is for a number of years the subject of criticism. On the base of a set of ethical criteria, we argue that these criticisms are a bit steep. They forget the originality of labeled chains. Especially they are...

For a decade, Fair Trade undergoes a radical change. Private firms are more and more involve in fair trade value chains. On the based of quinoa case in Bolivia, we highlight that northern firms? strategies in fair trade niche could provok substantial negative effects. Especially, vulnerability...

The Samaritain dilemma (Buchanan, 1975) is often quoted to criticize development assistance to poor countries. In this context it is interpreted very far from the original formulation relative to hijackers. This paper analyses the original dilemma.and the further interpretations.

</titre> Fair trade is increasing in developing countries with in the same time some movements of local certification. We analyse this double movement. We underline the existence of three concomitant reasons : a reaction to the hegemony exerted by FLO on fair trade standards, the need to create new...

Cet article vise à étudier l'évolution de la gouvernance des filières de commerce équitable à l'aide du cadre d'analyse des global value chains. Nous remarquons tout d'abord que les exigences croissantes des acheteurs sur la qualité intrinsèque des produits ont mené à des formes de...

Corporate social responsibility is increasingly being analysed through the stakeholder approach. However, great contradictions appear as soon as the number of stakeholders increases. The firm is then confronted with the dilemma of managing these stakeholders. Recent models have proposed a...