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What is ethical sourcing? For our definition we turn to the organization, Sactos Mundo:

Ethical sourcing means ensuring that the products being sourced are created in safe facilities by workers who are treated well and paid fair wages to work legal hours. It also implies that the supplier is respecting the environment during the production and manufacture of the products.

Initially, the collection is drawing from the interviews conducted by 3BL Media at the The Ethical Sourcing Forum 2011 held on March 31st and April 1st in New York City. 

 

 

Curated by mokiethecat

The Promise of Ethical Consumption from Ideas Matter

Ethical consumption, encompassing "buy local," "buy green," and "buy organic," raises significant moral questions. This lecture explores how consumption became imbued with right and wrong, and the effectiveness of the ethical-consumption movement in influencing market behavior.

This discussion is part of the Ideas Matter lecture series. A joint project of Boston Review and MIT's Political Science Department, the series brings together writers, experts, and practitioners for substantive debate on contemporary challenges.