AbstractsLaw & Legal Studies
Fair Trade & The Big Companies - An exploration of the relationship between Fair Trade Organizations and Transnational Corporations
| Institution: | Roskilde University |
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| Year: | 2014 |
| Keywords: | Fairtrade; Fair Trade; fairtrade; fair trade; TNCs; FTOs; FTO; TNC; Fair Trade Organizations; Transnational Corporations; Fair Trade Organisations; Consumers; Global South; Global North; certification; FLO |
| Record ID: | 1121909 |
| Full text PDF: | http://rudar.ruc.dk/handle/1800/16274 |
Abstract
The relationship between Fair Trade Organizations (FTOs) and Transnational Corporations (TNCs) is often not clear. This project will take an exploratory approach to this problem in the sense that it seeks to explore the consequences of the TNCs’ effect on the Fair Trade sector by analyzing the relationship between TNCs and FTOs. The project will be adopting an inductive method, in the sense that it will not be depending on one single theory to base the analysis on. It will be using numerous scholarly works as the foundation upon which it analyses the trends in the literature surrounding Fair Trade in tandem with examples from many elements of Fair Trade. The influence of the relationship on producers of Fair Trade and the consumers will also be investigated.
