Are Fair Trade Goods Credence Goods? A New Proposal, with French Illustrations

Balineau, Gaëlle; Dufeu, Ivan

doi:10.1007/s10551-010-0577-z

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“…They also serve as instruments that enable transactions between organizations and contribute to reducing information asymmetry about products and their (often hidden) characteristics, as for instance Balineau and Dufeu (2010) discuss in more depth. For instance, firms often rely on certifiers to conduct independent audits of their operations, allowing them to then use the results of those independent audits to serve multiple buyers.…”

Section: Voluntary Standardsmentioning

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Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage

Castka

Corbett

2014

J Bus Ethics

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Eco-labels'' are an increasingly important form of private regulation for sustainability in areas such as carbon emissions, water consumption, ethical sourcing, or organic produce. The growing interest and popularity of eco-labels has also been coupled with growing concerns about their credibility, in part because the standard-setting and conformity assessment practices that eco-labels adopt exhibit striking differences. In this paper, we assess which assurance practices contribute to eco-labels being perceived as better governed, in the eyes of experts as well as the media. Unlike previous studies, which are mostly conceptual, qualitative, or focused on one or few eco-labels, we study a large set of eco-labels, combining data from three different sources. Our findings suggest that experts and media are primarily concerned about ''re-assurance'' practices, looking for one or preferably multiple layers of ''re-assurance'' that independent parties are overseeing the eco-label and the firms certified under it.

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Section: Voluntary Standardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage

Castka

Corbett

2014

J Bus Ethics

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“…The promise of difference offered by fair trade is not kept if the networks are organised similarly to conventional trade networks. However, it is also not kept if, despite a different organisation, the promised benefits in terms of the producers' development or environmental protection are not achieved (Balineau and Dufeu ).…”

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Allowing for the Projective Dimension of Agency in Analysing Alternative Food Networks

Velly

2018

Sociologia Ruralis

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This article argues for including the projective dimension of agency in research into alternative food networks. Starting from a review of the literature, I show that referring to the notion of project is useful to answer the questions raised by the use of the term “alternative” and to reinforce analyses of hybridisation and conventionalisation processes. I argue that alternative food networks are characterised by a “promise of difference” in the projects of the actors who promote them. To clarify this notion of project, I rely on the work of French sociologists concerning the creation of “organised action”. I posit that taking account of the project amounts to recognising human beings' abilities to imagine and to construct new collectives such as those that are studied in research into alternative food networks. I also underscore the need to envision the project not as a clear determinant of action, but rather as a fuzzy landmark, meaning that negotiation and arbitration are required to set the rules involved in its implementation.

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“…One explanation lies in the opaqueness of the production process: Consumers do not know whether the mark-up for SR products actually reaches the intended addressees or whether the money dissipates on the way (Balineau and Dufeu, 2010;Enste, Knelsen, and Neumann, 2012). Eckhardt, Belk, and Devinney (2010) conduct in-depth interviews across eight countries and offer three other (not mutually exclusive) explanations:…”

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Consumer Social Responsibility

2016

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. We investigate the emergence of socially responsible (SR) production through consumer decisions. Our experimental treatments vary market competitiveness and consumers' information on social responsibility in production. We show that -irrespective of consumers' information -SR production reduces monopolistic supplier's profit and is therefore unlikely to emerge. With supplier competition, SR production positively influences consumers' buying decisions and suppliers offering SR products achieve significantly higher profits, as long their price is not too high. Our results yield valuable insights into the possibilities and limitations of promoting SR production through consumer behavior, and provide evidence for positive effects of competition on moral behavior. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may

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Are Fair Trade Goods Credence Goods? A New Proposal, with French Illustrations

Abstract: asymmetric information, credence goods, Fair Trade, indeterminate goods, labels, uncertainty,

Cited by 50 publications

References 33 publications

Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage

Governance of Eco-Labels: Expert Opinion and Media Coverage

Allowing for the Projective Dimension of Agency in Analysing Alternative Food Networks

Consumer Social Responsibility

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