Shopping for Good - Couverture rigide

O'Rourke, Dara

 
9780262018418: Shopping for Good
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0262018411 ISBN 13 : 9780262018418
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2012

Synopsis

Where public policy fails, can consumer choices lead the way to more ethical and sustainable production practices?

“Buy local,” “buy green,” “buy organic,” “fair trade”—how effective has the ethical consumption movement been in changing market behavior? Can consumers create fair and sustainable supply chains by shopping selectively?

Dara O'Rourke, the activist-scholar who first broke the news about Nike's sweatshops in the 1990s, considers the promise of ethical consumption—the idea that individuals, voting with their wallets, can promote better labor conditions and environmental outcomes globally. Governments have proven unable to hold companies responsible for labor and environmental practices. Consumers who say they want to support ethical companies often lack the knowledge and resources to do so consistently. But with the right tools, they may be able to succeed where governments have failed.

Responding to O'Rourke's argument, eight experts—Juliet Schor, Richard Locke, Scott Nova, Lisa Ann Richey, Margaret Levi, Andrew Szasz, Scott Hartley, and Auret van Herdeen—consider the connections between personal concerns and consumer activism, challenge the value of entrusting regulation to consumer efforts, and draw attention to difficulties posed by global supply chains.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dara O'Rourke is Associate Professor of Environmental and Labor Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and cofounder and Chairman of GoodGuide, Inc., a database for safe, healthy, green, and ethical products based on scientific ratings. He is author of Community-Driven Regulation: Balancing Development and the Environment in Vietnam (MIT Press) and coauthor of Can We Put an End to Sweatshops?

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Éditeur
The MIT Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262018411
ISBN 13 
9780262018418
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
120
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