Assessing the impact of fair trade coffee: Towards an integrative framework

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 127-149

  Utting, Karla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Conflicts of interest; Ethical trade; Fair trade; Impact assessment; Livelihoods; Nicaragua; Responsible trade; Smallholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049088878     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9761-9     Document Type: Article

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