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- Balancing Sweatshop Ethics and Economics
The referenced paper is one of the first to attempt to use ethics in order to provide guidelines for the labor activities of international commercial organizations. The paper seeks to find a balance b...
Citation: L. Hartman, B. Shaw and R. Stevenson. 1999. Balancing Sweatshop Ethics and Economics. University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business.
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Development, Economic, Human Rights, Labour, Labour - Employee, Labour - Health & Safety, Public Policy, Theory
- Business Ethics in Canada: A Personal View
The article presents a discussion on business ethics in Canada. It cites the two areas of concern such as the intensity of attacks by social activists on various forms of natural harvesting in Canada,...
Citation: Boyd, Colin. 1997. Business Ethics in Canada: A Personal View. Journal of Business Ethics 16 (6):605-609.
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Gender, Labour, Public Policy
- Can Ethical Trade Certification Contribute to the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals? A Review of Organic and Fair-trade Certification
The growth of ethical consumerism in developed countries has led to increased imports of environmentally and socially certified products produced by the poor in developing countries, which could potentially contribute towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This paper examines the impact of the conditions for organic certification and fair-trade certification on the achievement of the MDG targets....
Citation: Setboonsarng, S. 2008. Can Ethical Trade Certification Contribute to the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals? A Review of Organic and Fair-trade Certification. In ADB Institute Discussion Paper: ADB Institute.
Areas of Interest: Accountability - Certification, Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Development
- Canadian Business Sustainability Challenges 2012
This report presents the key sustainability challenges facing leading businesses for 2012. These priorities were established by a council of executives from Canadian organizations recognized for their leadership in sustainability. Representing major sectors of the economy, these leaders gatheredfor a one-day roundtable facilitated by Dr. Tima Bansal, Executive Director of the Network for Business Sustainability....
Citation: Network
for
Business Sustainability. 2012. Canadian Business Sustainability Challenges 2012. Network for Business Sustainability. Retrieved
from: nbs.net/knowledge
Areas of Interest: Accountability - Reporting, Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment & Business, Labour - Employee, Public Policy - Regulation, SRI/Responsible Investment, Sustainability, Theory - Stakeholder
- Canadian Business Sustainability Priorities 2011
This report describes the key areas where businesses have requested better knowledge. The top ten issues have been identified by our Leadership Council: a council of managers from leading organizations across major sectors of the economy. The purpose of this report is to inspire new research in these issues. Armed with this knowledge, researchers, managers and others can collaborate to innovate new solutions....
Citation: Network
for
Business Sustainability. 2011. Canadian Business
Sustainability Priorities 2011. Network for Business Sustainability. Retrieved
from: nbs.net/knowledge
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment & Business, Indigenous People, Labour - Employee, Leadership, Public Policy - Regulation, SRI/Responsible Investment, Sustainability
- Ethical Trade Futures: Strategies for Campaigners
High profile campaigns such as those directed at Shell and Nike have shown that NGOs can turn corporate unethical behaviour into a cost which business is keen to avoid. Where is this process heading?...
Citation: Simon Zadek. 2002. Ethical Trade Futures: Strategies for Campaigners. id21 Development Research Reporting Service.
Areas of Interest: Codes of Conduct, Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Social Responsibility, Development, Globalization, Human Rights, Labour - Employee
- Facing the Backlash: Green Marketing and Strategic Reorientation in the 1990s
This paper discusses green marketing strategies in the context faced by businesses in the middle to late 1990s. The literature suggests that this context has been characterized by a consumer backlash...
Citation: Crane, Andrew. 2000. Facing the Backlash: Green Marketing and Strategic Reorientation in the 1990s. Journal of Strategic Marketing 8 (3):277-296.
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Governance, Environment & Business
- It's Good Business: Ethics and Free Enterprise for the New Millennium
Tackling the most pressing challenges the global world of business will provide in the next millennium, internationally recognized philosopher Robert C. Solomon takes a hard look at the responsibilities and concerns of corporations, employees, and consumers. Solomon considers the demands of balancing profit making with social responsibility, the pressures of addressing sexual harassment and affirmative action in the workplace, and strategies for working within and creating a variety of corporate cultures. Solomon persuasively argues that success does not have to come at the price of integrity. "Good ethics," he concludes, "is good business." Extensive case studies, questionnaires, and problem-solving exercises make this an essential guide for navigating the sometimes treacherous terrain of ethical decision-making in a highly competitive environment....
Citation: Solomon, Robert C. 1998. It's Good Business: Ethics and Free Enterprise for the New Millennium. Lanham; Boulder; New York; Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Social Responsibility, Labour - Employee
- Knowledge Forum on Socially Conscious Consumerism
The purpose of this event was to bring together experts from academia, industry, government and nongovernmental organizations to discuss an important issue in business sustainability. Each of these groups thinks about socially conscious consumerism differently. This Forum allowed them to share their knowledge and advance their thinking....
Citation: Research Network for Business Sustainability. 2009. Knowledge Forum on Socially Conscious Consumerism. Knowledge Project Series.
Research Network for Business Sustainability. Retrieved from: nbs.net/knowledge
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Public Policy, Sustainability
- Knowledge Priorities in Business Sustainability: Questions, Experts, and Opportunities
These knowledge priorities were identified by representatives from organizations perceived to be leading sustainability in Canada. The Leadership Council is comprised of organizations that, like sustainability issues, cut across industrial, government, and non-governmental sectors. They meet annually to identify their greatest knowledge priorities by consensus. NBS funds a systematic review of the research on two of these issues....
Citation: Research Network for Business Sustainability. 2009. Knowledge Priorities in Business Sustainability: Questions, Experts, and Opportunities.
Research Network for Business Sustainability. Retrieved from: nbs.net/knowledge
Areas of Interest: Climate Change, Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Labour - Employee, Public Policy - Regulation, SRI/Responsible Investment, Sustainability
- Marketing, Morality, and the Natural Environment
This volume provides a new look at marketing, and in particular the move to establish ostensibly 'green' marketing. Presenting evidence from extensive case studies, these concerns are addressed through an examination of managers' and employees' understanding of the green marketing activities and processes that take part in their organisations....
Citation: Crane, A. 2000. Marketing, Morality, and the Natural Environment. London: Routledge.
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Governance, Economic - Environmental, Theory
- Shopping With Attitude
This report presents the results of a survey of consumers’ views on ethical issues such as human rights, animal welfare, food integrity and the environment, and how these affect their purchasing habit...
Citation: Co-operative Group Ltd. 2004. Shopping With Attitude: Eldis Corporate Social Responsibility Resource Guide.
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Environment & Business, Human Rights
- Socially Conscious Consumerism: A Systematic Review of the Body of Knowledge
This systematic review synthesizes 30 years of research on whether consumers are willing to reward firms for their positive sustainability actions either by changing their behaviour or by paying a price premium. Provides a helpful model that illustrates the factors that influence consumers as they consider socially conscious consumerism. Provides useful tips on how managers can close the attitude-intention-behaviour gap with consumers....
Citation: Network for Business Sustainability. 2009. Socially Conscious Consumerism: A Systematic Review of the Body of Knowledge. Network for Business Sustainability. Retrieved from: nbs.net/knowledge
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability
- The Myth of CSR: The Problem with Assuming That Companies Can Do Well While Also Doing Good is That Markets Don't Really Work That Way
This paper takes a rather critical look on CSR, arguing that optimism about the power of market mechanisms to deliver social and environmental change is flawed, as it does not take into account that m...
Citation: Doane, D. 2005. The Myth of CSR: The Problem with Assuming That Companies Can Do Well While Also Doing Good is That Markets Don't Really Work That Way. Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Areas of Interest: Accountability, Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corruption, Development, Environment & Business, Globalization, Human Rights, Public Policy - Lobbying, SRI/Responsible Investment
- Unpacking the Ethical Product
Acknowledging the increasing attention in the literature devoted to the incorporation of ethical considerations into consumers' purchase decisions, this paper explores the notion of an ethical product...
Citation: Crane, Andrew. 2001. Unpacking the Ethical Product. Journal of Business Ethics 30 (4):361-373.
Areas of Interest: Consumer Issues - Ethical Consumption
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