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| | Moral purchasing : Ethical buying |
 | | Ethical purchasing (or moral purchasing or ethical sourcing or moral boycott) refers to the application of criteria reflective of a morality (or, in the terminology of ethics, a theory of value) to an individual, family, union, or other group's (corporation, university, government) purchasing decisions. | | | Ethical buying article @ Euro Online Encyclopedia'>Moral purchasing : Ethical buying | | | Ethical buying article @ Euro Online Encyclopedia'>Moral purchasing : Ethical buying
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http://www.eurofreehost.com/et/Ethical_buying.html
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| | Ethical consumerism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Alternative terms for this are Ethical purchasing, moral purchasing or ethical sourcing. | | | Alternatively, the decision may be the application of criteria reflective of a morality (or, in the terminology of ethics, a theory of value) to an individual, family, union, or other group's (corporation, university, government) purchasing decisions. | | | Moral boycott is the practice of avoiding or boycotting products which a consumer believes to be associated with unnecessary exploitation or other unethical behaviour. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_purchasing
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| | MORI - Ethical Consumerism Research |
| | This lack of substantial ethical behaviour, and the fact they place less importance on ethical factors when purchasing is reflected in their own perceptions of not being particularly ethical consumers. | | | Those who place importance on ethical issues when purchasing- from perceived impact on the environment to community involvement, and are fairly active from recycling to recommending companies to others and either choosing or avoiding products on ethical grounds have been classified as 'conscientious consumers' (18% of pop). | | | Although they are unlikely to shop locally, recycle or seek GM free or organic labels, ethical issues are engrained and they regularly discuss ethical issues and companies' ethical reputations with friends and family and recommend or avoid companies because of their responsible reputation. |
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http://www.mori.com/polls/2000/coop-csr.shtml
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| | Moral relativism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Many writers and thinkers have held that any number of evils can be justified based on subjective or cultural preferences, and that morality requires some universal standard against which to measure ethical judgments. | | | In philosophy, Moral relativism is the position that moral or ethical propositions do not reflect absolute or universal truths but instead are relative to social, cultural, historical or personal references, and that there is no single standard by which to assess an ethical proposition's truth. | | | Benedict said there are no morals, only customs, and in comparing customs, the anthropologist, "insofar as he remains an anthropologist... |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism
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| | CBC British Columbia - Vancouver endorses ethical shopping |
| | Council passed an ethical purchasing policy Thursday night that imposes a ban on the city buying items produced in sweatshops. | | | But there's a catch: city staff is investigating how much time and money it will take to make sure the ethical purchasing policy can actually work. | | | "It's very important that we adopt an ethical purchasing policy that ensures that the items we use city tax dollars to purchase are not manufactured in sweatshops with child labour and forced labour." |
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http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_ethical-shopping20041217
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| | Ethics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Many of these ethical problems bear directly on public policy. | | | First, we need to define an ethical sentence, also called a normative statement. | | | In this perspective, altruism is based either on Kinship or Reciprocity. |
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http://www.marylandheights.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/Ethics
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| | Some Consumers have Ethical Concerns |
| | Horticultural exporters will need to take into account the increasing importance that consumers attach to ethical choice in their purchasing behaviour-especially as this may involve translating consumers' ethical trends into opportunities for producers. | | | Trends suggest that consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical choices they can exercise when making purchasing decisions. | | | It is a major driver of a diverse range of ethical approaches to trade. |
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http://www.nri.org/NRET/SPCDR/Chapter6/trends-6-1-5.htm
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| | Just Business - Article |
| | Among the ethical concerns expressed by consumers their through purchasing behaviour are those to do with the environment. | | | As well as making their own savings decisions on ethical grounds, people who are members of company pension schemes may urge their employers to apply ethical criteria when investing the pension fund. | | | Consumers are being encouraged to recognise their power in the marketplace by a variety of ethical campaign groups and are increasingly using their spending power to 'vote' for ethically clean products. |
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http://www.jusbiz.org/articles/ethicalconsumerism.shtml
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| | cis: press release |
| | The growth in ethical consumerism in the UK is soaring and is now worth £24.7 billion a year, according to the annual Co-operative Bank Ethical Purchasing Index (EPI) published today (29 December 2004). | | | The EPI, a barometer of ethical spending in the UK, shows that in 2003 UK consumers spent an additional £3.5bn in line with their values, an increase of 16 per cent on the previous year. | | | A further £1.4bn was placed in ethical investments and deposited with ethical banks and credit unions in 2003; a rise of 18 per cent to £9 billion. |
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http://www.cis.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?cid=1053329505221&pagename=Smile/NCView&cpid=1104914536203&c=Page
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| | Natural & Ethical Consumers 2004: Table of Contents |
| | Detailed insights into the ethical issues that consumers are most influenced by in their purchasing decisions and how they act on their convictions. | | | To target ethical consumers, manufacturers and retailers need to ensure that they respond to their concerns by modifying their practices, updating products and effectively communicating any changes. | | | Natural and Ethical Consumers 2004 - A 2004 NCI report examining the growing trend towards ethical consumerism and the interest in natural and organic foods. |
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http://www.market-research-report.com/datamonitor/DMCM1824.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Business Ethical shopping 'hits big brands' |
| | Its Ethical Purchasing Index found that in 2002 ethical consumption in the UK was worth £19.86bn. | | | Ethical banking, energy, and food products are all growth areas, but the total market share of ethical goods and services is still less than 2%. | | | The Co-op estimates that £6.9bn was spent on ethical goods and services, including Fairtrade food products, while £7.4bn went to ethical financial services. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/3299575.stm
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| | Just Business - Article |
| | Ethical Consumer magazine will help you be more informed about socially responsible purchasing. | | | She is a regular contributor to Ethical Consumer Magazine, a bi-monthly Which?-style publication. | | | While making ethical choices may not be without complications, its really no different to shopping any other way and comparing issues such as price, quality and brand names. |
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http://www.jusbiz.org/showpage.php?pagename=showarticle&articleid=21
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| | Agenda Inc. Live Feed - Wake up and smell the ethical coffee |
| | The amount spent on ethical consumerism adds up to £24.7bn a year in the UK, according to the Co-operative Bank's recent ethical purchasing index. | | | While the figures remain low when compared to total domestic consumption (about £1 in every £29 is spent ethically), market growth rates of 40% since 1999 show a strong upward trend for buying ethical goods and services. | | | Yet concerns are mounting that the very thing that has helped ethical consumerism grow might imperil its future. |
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http://news.agendainc.com/mt-agenda/content/archives/2005/01/wake_up_and_sme.html
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| | UKSIF Press Release - IFAs Missing Out on Growth in Ethical Consumerism |
| | In line with this growth, ethical consumerism in the UK increased by £3.5bn last year, totalling £24.7bn (5th annual Co-operative Bank Ethical Purchasing Index, December 2004. | | | UKSIF believes that all material social, environmental and ethical (SEE) issues should be integrated into standard investment practice and that individual investors should be able to reflect their values in their investments. | | | Furthermore, most firms were unable to confirm how advisers kept up to date with changes to ethical fund criteria, the launch of new research tools, new ethical or socially responsible investment techniques or performance research. |
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http://www.uksif.org/J/Z/Z/lib/2005/10/25-rr-press-IFAsurv/index.shtml
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| | LookSmart - Directory - Ethical Shopping Guides and Resources |
| | Ethical Shopping Guides and Resources - Provides resources that help consumers evaluate the ethical pros and cons of purchasing goods and services. | | | Explore the ethical credentials of a range of organizations using this consumer-focused resource. | | | Search an extensive database to view the ethical or unethical activities of major companies in areas like fair trade, worker rights, and environmental issues. |
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http://lsxml.looksmart.com/p/browse/us1/us317916/us65566/us77654/us1004625/us1004656
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| | The ethical consumerism report 2003 |
| | It argues that that for the majority of consumers ethics play a role in their purchasing choices. | | | there are some ethical products that are now close to being the product of consumer choice in their respective sectors | | | whilst ethical consumers can act as innovators in getting new products to the market, for real progress to be made supply side influences or government intervention may be required for some products and services to achieve mass market adoption |
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http://www.eldis.org/static/DOC14142.htm
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| | surefish.co.uk: ethical living - Ethical shopping |
| | By buying through getethical.com, you are purchasing products or services that are reducing environmental impact and/or are made by social business investing in the local economy and helping to create sustainable communities. | | | For the companies to be listed, being "ethical" means a commitment to the goals of social and environmental responsibility. | | | Getethical.com is a 'one-stop shop', selling ethical products on behalf of ethical suppliers and outlets. |
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http://www.fish.co.uk/ethical_living/features/031203_ethical_gifts.htm
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| | BookkooB: Ethical Shopping - William Young, Richard Welford |
| | An aid to making informed purchasing decisions it rates retailers by the contents of their ethical codes and retailer type. | | | This book provides a new breed of ethically discerning consumers, the ability to see which retailers are taking supply chain ethics into their everyday business strategies. | | | Additionally the book provides an introduction to ethical trade issues as well as fairtrade programmes and product marks to look out for. |
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http://www.bookkoob.co.uk/book/1904132081.htm
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| | Ethical Shopping : Where to Shop, What to Buy and What to Do to Make a Difference: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data |
| | William Young writes, researches and teaches on environmental, ethical and sustainable development issues facing business and consumers. | | | He advises international organizations drafting environmental management standards as well as companies on environmental and ethical issues. | | | It empowers the consumer with advice on how to buy the right products, influence company purchasing policy, and campaign on these issues. |
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http://www.equuscommercialfinance.com/books-reviewed/1904132081.html
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| | The Good Shopping Guide |
| | Each product section gives useful information about the ethical issues to take in to consideration when purchasing that product, and an at-a-glance summary of the overall ethicality scores of different companies and brands. | | | Updated annually, the book uses gold standard research from the Ethical Consumer Research Association, who have been leaders in this field since 1989. | | | GOOD MONEY - Banks and Building Societies; Charity Credit Cards; Insurance; Mortgages; Ethical Investment. |
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http://thegoodshoppingguide.co.uk/book.htm
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| | Civics - One Language |
| | bioregional democracy - a deliberative democracy regulated by a caste of highly-qualified scientific advisors (both ecologists and ethicists) who can use scientific method to challenge or veto major ecological decisions, means of measuring well-being or selecting criteria for moral purchasing by the entire bioregional state | | | Civics refers not to the ethical or moral or political basis by which a ruler acquires power, but only to the processes and procedures they follow in actually exercising it. | | | Note: examples are included only to help familiarize readers with the basic idea of the scale - they are not intended to be conclusive or to categorize these individuals other than the civics that they exercise or exemplify. |
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http://www.onelang.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Civics
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| | Gender, Class Consciousness, and Ethical Consumerism: |
| | In Kelley’s assessment, what she calls the “purchasing public” would have to alter its buying patterns based on an appeal to ethical considerations rather than immediate economic needs. | | | A Living Wage, depended upon a type of consumer consciousness, one in which the purchasing public, through choosing where to invest its resources, thus transformed consumerism into a type of ownership of production. | | | Middle-class women, affected in new ways by urbanization, industrialization, education, and subsequently gendered spheres, were simultaneously seeking outlets for their social and ethical concerns. |
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http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~epf/2001/kleehammer.html
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| | The Malaysiana Digests: Ethical Consumerism |
| | Rest assured, a majority of my purchasing decisions since I turned 19 have been thought through. | | | Personally, implementation of ethical consumerism is not that simple. | | | The truth about ethical consumerism was revealed to me by my learned friend. |
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http://www.najahnasseri.org/archives/001049.html
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| | Moral relativism - SmartyBrain Encyclopedia and Dictionary |
| | Moral universalism is a humanist neologism that exhorts the use of logical and universally-common ethical standards, which together may form a philosophical alternative to both static absolutism and murky relativism. | | | A moral relativist, on the other hand, would hold that even people in such a circumstance do not follow a common moral code, but are simply unable to follow their varying personal urges due to social pressure. | | | Moral relativism refers to a view that claims moral standards are not absolute or universal, but rather emerge from social customs and other sources. |
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http://smartybrain.com/index.php/Moral_relativism
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| | Ecology movement Asia handicrafts fair trade store |
| | Return to main page fair trade terms explained Fair-trade; social Justice, ethical purchasing... | | | This and the establisment of a global anti-globalization movement in the late 1990s can be seen as follow-ups to the ecological movement. | | | Green parties have roots in the ecology movement, though. |
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http://www.asia-handicrafts.com/fair-trade/ecology-movement.htm
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| | Yes, but only if they are Parametric Licenses |
| | For instance, I would be very pleased to give away all rights to anything I write as non-fiction, IF AND ONLY IF I KNOW THAT ENTITIES THAT PROFIT FROM IT PASS AN ETHICAL INVESTING SCREEN AND MORAL PURCHASING SCREEN. | | | Parametric licenses like GNU FDL and Creative Commons are a good answer. | | | I want them to be "Green" in some sense, or they can't have my work. |
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http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/user/view/cs_msg/26506
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| | Moral purchasing |
| | Ethical purchasing (or moral purchasing or ethical sourcing or moral boycott) refers to the application of criteria reflective of a morality (or, in the terminology of ethics, a theory of value) to an individual, family, union, or other group's (corporation, university, government) purchasing decisions. | | | Usually, the corporations that ethical funds invest in must also agree to some minimal standards of moral purchasing, i.e. | | | Often, moral criteria are part of a much broader shift away from commodity markets towards a deeper service economy[?] where all activities, from growing to harvesting to processing to delivery, are considered part of the value chain[?] and for which consumers are "responsible". |
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http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/lookup/encyclopedia/mo/Moral_buying.html
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| | Captus Press Inc. - PMAC Ethics Seminar |
| | This Internet course, entitled Ethical Issues in Purchasing and Supply Management, is a revision of PMAC’s Ethical Issues in Purchasing. | | | PMAC is Canada’s leading source of education, training and career development in purchasing and supply management. | | | It is published by Captus Press and developed and delivered by Donald F. Irvine, Ph.D. The seminar provides one credit for those enrolled in an active C.P.P. accreditation program, and for those pursuing the PMAC Certificate in Purchasing. |
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http://www.captus.com/Information/pmac-ethics.htm
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