Articles tagged: "socially responsible"
1: Interview with Carmen Iezzi
There 's a great deal of confusion and misleading information around fair trade jewelry. While there is no such thing as third party certified fair trade jewelry, many companies sell fair trade jewelry. This interview with Carmen Iezzi, director of the Fair Trade Federation, clarifies why fair trade jewelry is listed as a product category on their website.
2: Fair Trade Jewelry: The Challenges and Rewards of an Emerging Movement
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3: The Circle Manifesto: A New Economic Model Based On Ancient Wisdom
Most businesses are structured like pyramids. People and resources are used to benefit those at the top who set policy to achieve maximum profit. This narrow focus, mandated in publicly held companies by the law of our land, has turned our basic human need for exchange into a destructive patter
4: Leading from Behind: Leadership in a Circle-Based Business
The purpose of a circle-based business is to benefit community through relationships that are nurtured by fair and equitable exchange. Every person inside and outside of the business is viewed as equal in their humanity. The circle has been used as an alliance for as long as human beings hav
5: The Chicken Scratch Path: Decision Making Based On Native American Wisdom
The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is the largest of its kind in the world. Every hotel in Tucson is taken over. Glamour of the biggest and most expensive gems in the world, everything that glitters under the sun. What I see when I walk in there is a slag pile, miles long and who knows how high. B
6: Ask Not What The Jewelry Industry Can Do For You
I just returned from the Jewelers' Circular Keystone (JCK) Show, the largest, most important jewelry trade event in the US.Apart from those who sought me out because of my press release, not one jeweler who walked by my booth even raised the issue of my banner which screamed out: FAIR TRADE, EC
7: Going Zero Carbon: An Approach for Small Business
How to make your environmentalism pay!STEP 1: Figure it out:Every time that you drive your car you contribute to global warming. The same is true for turning on a light-unless you are purchasing energy from alternative sources.This article will help you off-set those carbon emissions. It is not
8: Blue Ocean Strategy For Responsible Sourced Jewelry
The most useful business book I have come across since Jim Collins' "Good to Great" is "Blue Ocean Strategy", by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.Blue Ocean strategy is about breaking through structures that primarily exist in how you perceive your company and the market. The strategy helps you
