Do you think the Fair Trade Movement will ever become mainstream in corporate America?

Question

I very much welcome this movement and support it when I see products with Fair Trade lableing. I am hopeful that it will become at least as mainstream in American products as organic has become.

Answer 1

no it wont, at least as long as investors and consumers dont demand it.
Corporate america is absed on one rule: make profit. In fact, legally I can tell you that the only DUTY a corporation has to its shareholders is to maximise shareholder value. I dont see fair trade anywhere in that sentence, do you? And so long as that remains so, fair trade will be something people in busines will pay lip service to, but will rarely ever actually implement. Now if fair trade is ever made profitable, then we can re-evaluate.

Answer 2

I would have thought the US would already have a Fair Trade policy and the legislation to support it.

I urge the Movement to lobby both state and federal governments to introduce such laws.

Answer 3

ANYTHING WITH THE WORD FAIR IN THE TITLE WILL NOT BECOME MAINSTREAM IN CORPORATE AMERICA