This paper describes a study into consumers' reasons for buying socially responsible (SR) products, such as Fair Trade products and organic meat. As opposed to other studies, we use a qualitative approach based on 25 in-depth interviews and include several different products in the research. This leads …

Samen voetballen is een van de mogelijkheden om incidenten te voorkomen en de verhoudingen tussen groepen te verbeteren. Voetbal leidt echter niet automatisch tot verbeteringen. Escalaties op het veld, ouders langs de lijn die hun kinderen wat al te luidruchtig aanmoedigen en "autochtone" en "allochtone" …

Because dental health and oral pathology may affect forensic psychiatric patients' well being, it is important to be able to assess oral health related quality of life (OH-QoL) in these patients. Two studies were conducted among Dutch forensic psychiatric male patients to assess the psychometric properties …

De Tweede Kamer parlementaire commissie van SP-er J. de Wit doet onderzoek naar de oorzaken van de financiële crisis. In de openbare hoorzittingen wordt duidelijk dat alle betrokkenen de scguld bij andere partijen leggen. We hebben echter een grondige herziening van het financiële stelsel nodig zoals …

This research was carried out to investigate the main requirements of exhibitors and sponsors concerning a regional equestrian fair. One new open air exhibition named "Pferd & Freizeit" will be launched for the first time in July 2010 in Dülmen. Because exhibitors and sponsors are needed to ensure the …

After 2001, nine years after the fall of the Taliban, women's socio-economic position in Afghanistan has hardly improved. To this day, women are subjected to many cruelties such as torture and rape. After the Taliban had been defeated in 2001, the total amount of development assistance by the international …

Medio januari 2010 organiseert het platform solidaire en duurzame Economie onder leiding van Lou Keune aan de Universiteit van Tilburg de 3e conferentie onder de titel Fair & Green Deal. Hoofdspreker zal zijn David Korten, voormalig hoogleraar aan de Harvard Business School en auteur van het boek "Agenda …

The objective of this paper is to examine how a combination of the concepts of Fair Trade, CrossBorderProsperity (CBP), Yunus' microcredit and social business could strengthen the producers' socio-economic situation and position in the free market. Small-scale producers in developing countries are being …