Talk:The Fairtrade Foundation

message: The British spelling reversion was fair. I should have remembered that it's a British group.
But I think the flag is fair. Why was it removed? It seems to read even more like an advertisement with a phrase like "The Foundation achieves this by...". This assumes that the organization achieves its stated ends. For the organization to achieve its stated ends this article would additionally have to contradict or be contradicted by countless other articles that deal with the social sciences.
It is at least unaware of the controversy surrounding the Fairtrade movement as a whole that would necessarily be relevant to the Fairtrade Foundation.
I'm going to put a dispute flag up. If there is some reason why it shouldn't be there, I would appreciate hearing it.
--Nogburt (talk) 06:52, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias and Advertising slant 

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message: It read as an advertisement. There have been criticisms from a lot of researchers, which have not been answered. These must be mentioned for impartiality.AidWorker (talk) 20:21, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Providing balance 

message: barney evans ynyr Lloyd jones and Rhodri bullock who go to llandovery college are ledgends according to the lad bible  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.153.133.202 (talk) 19:12, 3 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  ledgends 

message: The Fairtrade Foundation Wikipedia article currently contains a number of statements which do not appear to be in the spirit of Wikipedia’s core editing policies (neutral point of view; verifiability; no original research). The majority of these are contained in the section titled “How it works”, which primarily focuses on critiques of the Fairtrade system for coffee. As the market for each Fairtrade product is informed by a complex range of factors, the section currently provides a limited overview of how the Fairtrade system operates more widely. It also contains limited factual content on the operation of the Fairtrade Foundation.
I am aware that where editors have a conflict of interest (e.g. they have links to the subject of an article), Wikipedia’s conflict of interest policy strongly discourages such editors from making any direct changes. As an employee of the Fairtrade Foundation, I strive to abide by this policy and have not edited the article other than to correct out-of-date statistics and definitions. In terms of my concerns around bias and referencing in the article, I invite editors to consider the examples and studies provided below and to amend the article as they see fit. 
Overview of Fairtrade system
To help provide editors with an overview, I have set out the six central characteristics of the Fairtrade system below: 
# The Fairtrade Minimum Price – Fairtrade buyers agree to pay at least a minimum price (which is intended to ensure that producers can cover their average costs of sustainable production) for a Fairtrade product when the world price for the product is below this price, or the market price if this is higher. 
# The Fairtrade Premium – Fairtrade buyers agree to pay an additional amount of money for a Fairtrade product which goes into a communal fund for workers and farmers to use to improve their social, economic and environmental conditions. 
# Stability and access to credit – Fairtrade buyers agree to sign long-term contracts (at least one year) and must provide advance finance to producer organisations if requested.
# Working conditions – Where workers (e.g. hired labour in a plantation) are present, employment conditions must be provided that meet internationally recognised standards and conventions, in particular those of the International Labour Organization (ILO) (including freedom of association; wages which are at least equal to legal minimum or regional averages; safe working conditions; and the prohibition of child labour).
# Institutional structure – Small-scale producers must organise as co-operatives or associations with democratic and transparent decision-making processes.
# Environmental Standards – Promote best agricultural practices that are more sustainable, minimise risk and protect biodiversity.
Further information on the Fairtrade Minimum Price and Fairtrade premium can be found here: http://www.fairtrade.net/standards/price-and-premium-info.html 
Editors can also find impact research and evaluation studies commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation here: http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/what-is-fairtrade/the-impact-of-our-work/impact-research-and-evaluation-studies 
Examples of statements which appear to breach Wikipedia’s core editing policies
“It is argued that, because retailers and cafes in the rich countries can sell Fairtrade coffee at any price they like, nearly all the extra price paid by consumers, 82% to 99%, is kept in the rich countries as increased profit.”
This statement appears to breach the verifiability and no original research core editing policies. It does not contain a reference and despite checking the source materials for neighbouring statements (footnotes 5 and 6), I was unable to identify the quoted statistic of 82% to 99%. 
: Instead of the statement being cited immediately, the editors have included multiple studies as a part of footnote 7, which seem to relate to both statements being made. VB00 (talk) 17:53, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Reworded the statement to link back to the Fair Trade Foundation, making use of a reference provided below. VB00 (talk) 17:53, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

text: Removed the word "sharp". Criticism has been cited, and a note of such should remain in the article.VB00 (talk) 17:53, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

text: As the article cites the assertions, there isn't much that I can do. You should attempt to discuss this with editors who have worked on the article in the past, to try and build a consensus on how the balance should be built.
I would also like to invite editors to consider the following study which provides a more general overview of critiques of the Fairtrade system:
* Dragusanu, Giovannucci and Nunn (2014)Dragusanu, Raluca, Daniele Giovannucci, and Nathan Nunn. 2014. “The Economics of Fair Trade” Journal of Economic Perspectives 28(3): 217–236 provide a critical overview of the economic theory behind Fairtrade and conclude that empirical evidence suggests that Fairtrade achieves many of its intended goals on a comparatively modest scale relative to the size of national economies.
Dave at Fairtrade (talk) 12:02, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

text: I have reviewed the request. The comments for individual parts can be seen above. Regards, VB00 (talk) 17:53, 4 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Invitation to review Fairtrade Foundation Wikipedia article 

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