Ethical trade and sustainable rural livelihoods

The growth in interest in ethical trade has raised many questions. This publication seeks to answer four of the most basic of these: what do we mean by ethical trade and the ethical market, particularly in relation to natural resources? How does ethical trade operate? Who benefits from ethical trade and how? Is it a useful developmental approach

Ethical trade : the negotiation of a global ethic?

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CSR and Development: Is business appropriating global justice?

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is being promoted as an approach to international development, but is also being criticized by development organizations. Michael Blowfield examines the evidence of CSR's supporters and critics, and argues that embedded within CSR is a particular interpretation of social justice that raises specific questions about how far we want business to shape the direction of international development. Development (2004) 47, 61–68. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100068

Setting new agendas: critical perspectives on corporate social responsibility in the developing world

The article discusses Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the developing world. Numerous claims have been made about the contribution CSR can make to poverty alleviation and other development goals. However, the contributors to this issue have reached the conclusion that current CSR approaches do not warrant such claims. A critical agenda is needed because many policy-makers see business as important in meeting development challenges: not just those of economic growth, but also in areas such as combating HIV/AIDS, reducing poverty and building human capital