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Kathy Matthiesen
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| Date registered | 09.09.2013 |
| Last online: | Mon Dec 02, 2013 1:41 am |
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11.18.2013 |
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Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:00 am | jump to post
Hello, I'm following Stacie's lead and posting my reflection on "Reluctant Entrepreneurs" and "Parable of Black Sheep" here as well!
I thought that the articles “Reluctant Entrepreneurs” and “The Parable of Black Sheep” shed some excellent insight into the life of impoverished communities and how entrepreneurship helps them break the cycle of poverty. Both articles focus on the power of the individual and how anyone can build a life for themselves, even if the economic odds aren’t in their fav...
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11.12.2013 |
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:21 am | jump to post
I found the Patient Capitalist/Blue Sweater reading to be very inspiring. I find myself intrigued by those who partake in social entrepreneurship, and bring an ethical perspective into the world of business. Reading about Jaqueline's struggles, successes, and motivations made for a great read.
First and foremost, I found the business model behind the Acumen Fund to be interesting. I initially found some good and bad in it. I really liked how they put a different spin on the word "investin...
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11.04.2013 |
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Mon Nov 04, 2013 1:06 am | jump to post
This article of "Colonial Pasts and Fair Trade Futures" definitely presents a very different viewpoint on Fair Trade. The author seems to play devil's advocate a lot and show the different "what if"s of the affects of Fair Trade and other possible methods of improvement in the tea industry. Two things that stood out to me was the suggested reforms of the Plantations Labor Act made by plantation owners, and colonialism in India and how it affects the tea industry.
The first thing that struck ...
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10.22.2013 |
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Tue Oct 22, 2013 3:31 am | jump to post
I found the points made in "Game-playing: rethinking power and empowerment" had some really interesting points. As readers, we took a look at how power affects both society and the individual person. I think that the article had some great insight as to what power is, how it can limit us, and how it can empower us.
The author touched base on the negative affects of power, "power over". The author states that "power over implicitly suggests a finite resource in which the more power one person ...
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10.07.2013 |
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Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:28 am | jump to post
The passion of William Foote and Root Capital's mission is very inspiring to me. I find it refreshing to see someone from the financial world in Wall St. to break away from the negative reputation of the financial world and do some good in the world.
First and foremost, I found that it was interesting to see the other side of how/why fair trade isn't as popular as it is. Foote discusses that the challenge of businesses in developing areas include "businesses are stuck in the gap, the "missing...
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09.30.2013 |
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Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:33 am | jump to post
While reading "a brilliant idea", I thought it was extremely interesting to see how much fair trade has grown.
The first thing that I found to be particularly fascinating was the development of the Fairtrade mark and its impact on the expansion of fair trade. The foundation on which the Fairtrade mark has expanded the industry seems to rest on the fact that it provides a visual authenticity to those who seek to support fair trade; a guarantee that what you're buying does in fact come from an e...
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09.24.2013 |
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Tue Sep 24, 2013 8:34 am | jump to post
Hello,
This article was definitely powerful with its focus on gender issues and the article's visual representations. Two things in particular grabbed my attention the most: the concept of resurrection and the fingerprints featured in the fair trade soap. They were two concepts that definitely represented the importance of fair trade and the empowerment of the worker.
In the article, it mentions a quote about the importance of resurrection in both a cultural aspect and a metaphorical aspect....
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09.17.2013 |
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Tue Sep 17, 2013 2:58 am | jump to post
I'm extremely overwhelmed by this documentary. I think what makes this so difficult to take in is the fact that there are so many issues at hand. While we could easily point the finger at the corporations in the case of "The Dark Side of Chocolate", I really don't think this is the case now. There are so many political issues that are going on in Congo and the surrounding area that I think that "Blood Coltan" can be related more to human rights violations than poor business practices. That bei...
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09.09.2013 |
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Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:30 am | jump to post
Hi,I'm also a student in Professor Combellick's Fair Trade and Entrepreneurship class at Fordham University. Watching the documentary "The Dark Side of Chocolate" definitely was an eye opening experience to the corruption and injustice that takes place both in business and the world in general. The first thing that stuck out to me, which has been mentioned above, was the prices at which farmers were compensated for their beans. The documentary states that farmers are paid 1 euro per kilo of be...
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