Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review is an award-winning magazine covering best strategies for nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible businesses. Published quarterly by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Articles Tagged With 'fair+trade'

Date Author Category Title
Winter 2007
Kathryn Wolford & Lisa Bonds
Arts, Culture, and Religion • Social Entrepreneurship Faith in Fair Trade

How Lutherans are transforming their love of coffee into global good.

Summer 2007
Laila Weir
Economic Development • Education • Social Entrepreneurship 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.

Summer 2008
Leslie Berger
Economic Development • Social Entrepreneurship She’s Crafty [Free!]

World of Good connects female artisans in poor countries with retailers (including Whole Foods Market, pictured) in the West. 

Fall 2005
Deborah Doane
Human Rights • Social Entrepreneurship • Corporate Social Responsiblity 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. 

Spring 2006
Paul Tracey & Owen Jarvis
Social Entrepreneurship An Enterprising Failure

Why a promising social franchise collapsed.

Fall 2006
Catherine Potter
Environment • Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship Weaving Businesses Together [Free!]

Organic Exchange uses its global network to promote environmentally friendly fibers.

Winter 2007
Kirsten Olsen
Nonprofit Management • Corporate Social Responsiblity 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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