1. While Divine Chocolate has embraced the concept of fair trade, their products are not organic. On...

Question:

1. While Divine Chocolate has embraced the concept of fair trade, their products are not organic. On their website, they argue that purely organic production methods could result in greater instability in production because cocoa is very disease-prone. Do you think that Divine has an ethical obligation to require farmers to become organic? Why or why not?

2. How would you describe Divine Chocolate's approach to social responsibility? How do they balance their responsibilities to their stakeholders?

3. Do you pay attention to fair-trade products in your own purchasing behavior? For what kinds of products might you be willing to pay a premium price to help those who produce the ingredients?

4. Under what circumstances might fair trade actually cause harm? To whom? At what point would fair-trade tradeoffs no longer be acceptable?

Stakeholders
A person, group or organization that has interest or concern in an organization. Stakeholders can affect or be affected by the organization's actions, objectives and policies. Some examples of key stakeholders are creditors, directors, employees,...