Articles Tagged With 'fair+trade'
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| Winter 2007 | Arts, Culture, and Religion • Social Entrepreneurship • Fair Trade |
Faith in Fair Trade
How Lutherans are transforming their love of coffee into global good.
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| Summer 2007 | Economic Development • Education • Social Entrepreneurship • Fair Trade |
Fair Trade Spanish
Michael Parker pays his new Spanish tutor $17 less than he paid his old teacher in Iowa. But his new teacher, Yesenia Mateu Grave, takes away double her normal fee. Thanks to Web conferencing, Mateu Grave teaches students around the world from her hometown in Antigua, Guatemala, via a site called Speak Shop, combining audio, video, and online chat for a classroom-like experience. |
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| Summer 2008 | Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship • Fair Trade |
She’s Crafty [Free!]
World of Good connects female artisans in poor countries with retailers (including Whole Foods Market, pictured) in the West. |
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| Spring 2009 | Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship • Socially Responsible Investing |
Root Solutions
Nonprofit lender Root Capital connects rural farmers and artisans with the corporations that crave their products. |
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| Fall 2005 | Corporate Social Responsibility |
The Myth of CSR [Free!]
As nice as it is to think that modern corporations can do well while also doing good, there are serious limitations that the market imposes on their CSR initiatives. In addition, the legal obligations of corporations to their shareholders further restrict CSR’s potential to help solve social and environmental problems. At some point, we should be asking ourselves whether or not we’ve been promoting a strategy more likely to lead to business as usual than to tackling the fundamental problems of our time. |
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| Spring 2006 | Social Entrepreneurship |
An Enterprising Failure
Why a promising social franchise collapsed. |
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| Fall 2006 | Environment • Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship • Fair Trade |
Weaving Businesses Together [Free!]
Organic Exchange uses its global network to promote environmentally friendly fibers. |
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| Winter 2007 | Nonprofit Management • Corporate Social Responsibility • Fair Trade |
Making It to McDonald’s
How Fair Trade coffee moved out of its niche and into the most mainstream market of all. |
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