1st Edition
Ethical Sourcing in the Global Food System
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ethical sourcing, both through fair trade and ethical trade, is increasingly entering the mainstream of food retailing. Large supermarkets have come under pressure to improve the returns to small producers and conditions of employment within their supply chains. But how effective is ethical sourcing? Can it genuinely address the problems facing workers and producers in the global food system? Is... Read more
Transformation of Global Food: Opportunities and Challenges for Fair and Ethical Trade * The Development of Alternative and Fair Trade: Moving into the Mainstream * Organic and Fair Trade Movements in Global Food Networks * Corporate Social Responsibility from a Supermarket Perspective: Approach of the Co-operative Group * Ethical Trade: What Does It Mean for Women Workers in African Horticulture? * Central American Banana Production: Women Workers and Chiquita's Ethical Sourcing from Plantations * The Gangmaster System in the UK: Perspective of a Trade Unionist * Participatory Social Auditing: Developing a Worker-focused Approach * Oxfam's Coffee Campaign: An NGO Perspective * Small Producers: Constraints and Challenges in the Global Food System * Concluding Reflections on the Future of Ethical Sourcing *
Biography
Stephanie Barrientos is a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK and Catherine Dolan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, USA.
