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Kelsey Callaghan
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| Date registered | 09.09.2013 |
| Last online: | Tue Dec 10, 2013 3:59 am |
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11.12.2013 |
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:30 am | jump to post
I thought Jacqueline Novogratz's article, "The Education of a Patient Capitalist," was very interesting and extremely relevant to the concept of Entrepreneurship and Fair Trade. In the article, Jacqueline addressed the major obstacles a socially conscious entrepreneur must overcome in their efforts to make a difference in the world. After receiving a huge sum of capital funding, Jacqueline struggled to build a strong team of globally minded business people to create a successful alternative to...
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11.05.2013 |
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:04 am | jump to post
Sarah Besky's article, "Colonial Pasts and Fair Trade Futures" painted a very different portrait of fair trade than what we have been exposed to in previous readings. Much like the condition of the Congo, described in Black Gold and the cocoa bean plantations on the Ivory Cost, the plantation workers on Darjeeling's tea plantations have are suffering at the hands of corporate greed. However, in this case, their suffering has been intensified by the implementation of Fair Trade standards. It w...
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10.22.2013 |
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Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:38 am | jump to post
Anna Hutchens’s article, “Game-Playing: Rethinking Power and Empowerment” provided an interesting perspective of how different forms of power have dictated social norms within the business world and everyday social interactions. After breaking down the different forms of power, Hutchens spoke about the emergence of defiant entrepreneurs who are breaking down the barriers previously established by how business has always been conducted to delve into new ways of empowering workers through unique ...
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10.08.2013 |
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Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:13 am | jump to post
I was really inspired by William Foote’s “Harnessing Entrepreneurial Energy” because it once again proved that there are people in the world willing to put the effort in to solve the systemic problems of the business world. It was very interesting to read how he was not only improving the lives of thousands of workers, but enabling them to offer the best possible versions of their products to have more of a fair shot at competing in the global marketplace.
The story in the beginning about Sh...
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10.01.2013 |
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Tue Oct 01, 2013 12:19 am | jump to post
“A Brilliant Idea” really opened my eyes to how much Fair Trade as an idea has grown, but also proved that it has a long way to go to help all the people who need it.
During the Occupy Wall Street protests last year, wealth disparity in the United States became a very popular topic of debate. However, I was still shocked to read that the poorest forty percent of the world’s population is sharing just five percent of the world’s income. Meanwhile, the richest five percent of the world is shari...
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09.23.2013 |
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Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:09 pm | jump to post
Fair Trade: A Human Journey gave a deeper description of the people in third world countries who are directly benefitting from the spread of Fair Trade. It gave me a more personal view of why it is so important to contribute to the success and sustainability of a fair trade business model.
In the article, a Bangledashi woman named Shilpi recounted the rape she endured as a child. She stated that she was working as a maid for a wealthy family, where her boss raped her. Because she was poor, a...
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09.16.2013 |
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Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:16 pm | jump to post
The documentary, "Blood Coltan," explained how the natural resource, coltan is being mined and stolen from the Congo and sold to large cell phone manufacturers. The documentary depicted the harsh conditions that miners (many of whom are children) are subjected to in the process of extracting the mineral from mines and quarries.
As several students mentioned before, the most horrifying part of the documentary was Christine’s description of the rapes that occur as a result of mining. She reco...
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09.09.2013 |
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Mon Sep 09, 2013 7:20 am | jump to post
Hello,
I am also a student in the Fair Trade and Entrepreneurship class at Fordham. The documentary, The Dark Side of Chocolate, really opened my eyes to the ongoing struggle to end child trafficking and slave labor in the chocolate industry. Before viewing the documentary, I had read a few articles about human trafficking, but there is a huge difference between reading speculative articles about slave labor in third world countries and actually seeing a child being tricked into leaving their...
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