Michael Blowfield

Ethical Trade: the Negotiation of a Global Ethic? Michael Blowfield

Ethical trade is an important part of global governance. This book examines how that system of justice is being negotiated, and if it benefits the poor in developing economies. I employ an analytical framework addressing weaknesses in corporate responsibility theory to explain the roles of business in global governance. I use this framework to study the implementation of four voluntary standards in Indonesia, Ghana and Zimbabwe. I develop this to discuss how ethical trade has been negotiated, and how that affects the intended developing country beneficiaries. The book is aimed at scholars of self-regulation and multistakeholder co-governance. It allows those wanting to go beyond a technical understanding of ethical trade, to explore its embedded, structural dimensions. Additionally, it contains a wealth of data on ethical trade in developing countries, and data to study the history of corporate responsibility.