• Human Ecology Research
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.279-291
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• 2015

Fair trade is international trade that pays just wages, supplies stable and eco-friendly products, and supports the sustainable development of economies. This study examined consumers 'cognition of fair trade, product intention of fair trade products, and consumer demand for fair trade education. We compare these variables between Korean and Chinese consumers and explored variables that affect consumers' cognition, purchase intentions and consumer education demand. This study randomly targeted 428 adult consumers in Seoul (219) and Beijing (209) to grasp the demand of customer education and a purchasing intention for fair trade products. The results of this study are as follows. First, participants showed a low cognition of fair trade and purchase intention, while consumer demand for fair trade education on concept, campaign and effect had a comparatively higher level. Chinese consumers showed a higher level of purchase intention, but a lower level of consumer education demand for fair trade concepts. Second, a higher education level resulted in a higher cognition of fair trade by Korean consumers and more experienced Chinese consumers had a higher cognition. Third, the cognition of fair trade affected the purchase intentions positively for both in Korean and Chinese consumers. Finally, cognition and purchase intention showed positive effects of the consumer demand for fair trade education on concept, campaign, and effect.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to find the differences in fair trade practice behavior, according to socio-demographic variables and to analyze the effects of psycho-social variables on fair trade practice behavior. This study includes the psycho-social variables as materialism, altruism, ethical identity, and perceived consumer effectiveness. The results of this study are as follows. First, the mean score of consumers' fair trade practice behavior was 4.12 on a 7-point scale, which means that respondents performed fair trade practice behavior at the middle level. Second, in terms of socio-demographic variables, there was a significant difference only in an age. Third, fair trade practice behavior had positive correlations with each of altruism, ethical identity, and perceived consumer effectiveness. Finally, regression analyses showed that altruism, ethical identity, and perceived consumer effectiveness had positive effects on fair trade practice behavior, whereas materialism had a negative effect on fair trade practice behavior.

• 무역상무연구
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• 제73권
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• pp.91-110
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• 2017

Recently, world wide trading which support free trade will increase the economic volume size. It will grow the quality of life. But, the reduce of gap between the rich state and the poor one has always been risen the problem of one of welfare. Trough unregulated trade activities, multinational corporations succeeded in expanding the market globally. However, there were unfair acts such as infringement of serious rights of producer of low development countries. Fair trade has begun to pay fair value to them and to ease inequality, but, as time went by, the its idea became thinner, distorted in the market, or became a marketing tools. So, In this paper, I analyze the limitations and causes of fair trade and suggest directions for fair trade. This Study provided a causes of the limitation of fair trade and for the future, I'll suggest an alternative of limitation of fair trade.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.304-315
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• 2019

공정무역은 공정한 거래, 인권, 환경을 배려하는 무역의 형태로 최근 전 세계적으로 공정무역의 중요성이 강조되고 시장이 성장하고 있다. 우리나라는 젊은 소비자를 중심으로 공정무역 시장이 확장되고 있다. 이에 미래 소비의 주체인 대학생 소비자들의 공정무역 소비역량 특성 및 관여도, 윤리의식에 따른 유형화를 시도하고, 공정무역 상품 구매에 영향을 미치는 요인을 규명하고자 하였다. 그 결과, 대학생 소비자는 일반형, 무관심형, 개인주의형, 공정무역실천형의 네 가지 유형으로 구분되었다. 그리고 공정무역 상품의 구매경험에 직접적 영향을 미치는 요인은 공정무역 관련 지식, 실천의지, 관심도로 나타났다. 결국 체계적인 교육을 통하여 공정무역 및 윤리적 소비에 대한 교육을 실시하고, 학교 외에서는 언론 및 다양한 콘텐츠를 통해 대학생들이 공정무역에 대한 지식과 관심을 증진할 수 있는 사회적 노력이 수반되어야 한다. 그리고 공정무역 시장 활성화를 위해서는 상품으로 시장 가치 확보를 위한 품질의 개선 및 소비자의 가격수용도 증진 방안 모색이 필요할 것이다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.23-33
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• 2021

Purpose: This study explored factors affecting the purchase of fair trade hand-made products. We focused on the difference between the mediating effect of purchase intention and purchase purpose, and verified the additional effectiveness of premium prices. Research design, data and methodology: The data was collected through an online survey. The reliability and validity of each variable used in the questionnaire were verified. Then, each hypothesis was analyzed through multiple regression analysis. Results: First, individual social responsibility and purchasing experience of general fair trade products have a definitive effect on the intention of purchasing fair trade hand-made products. Second, the willingness to pay premium prices varies depending on whether it is an individual's consumption or consumption for others. Third, the higher the individual's social responsibility and experience in purchasing fair trade products, the more willing he is to pay premium prices. Fourth, the purchase intention of fair trade hand-made products is to have the effect of partial mediation. Fifth, when choosing a gift for an adult, it was determined that the consumer was willing to pay premium prices the highest amount. Conclusions: In terms of factors affecting the purchase of fair trade hand-made products at premium prices, it was confirmed that individuals' social responsibilities and purchases of fair trade general products had an impact.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1121-1133
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• 2011

Fair trade has received increasing attention from ethical consumers in the North Trans-Atlantic world. It is a movement establishing alternative trading organizations to ensure minimal returns, safe working conditions, and to provide continuity in the trading relationship for disadvantaged producers, especially women and indigenous people in the South. Despite of the growing fair trade movement in the U.S. and Europe, it is still in the introductory stage in Korea. Although fair trade has gained some attention because of the efforts of activists, most Korean consumers are still unaware of it. This paper is divided into four sections including an introduction and conclusions. In section two, I analysed sales of the fairly traded products and the websites of the fairly traded products sellers. In section three, I proposed two effective recommendations for the better marketing and promotion strategies of fairly traded products. One proposal is for providing consumer information, like fair trade certificates, consumer campaigns, and consumer information of the fair trade sellers' websites analyses. The other is for establishing the infrastructure to promote the consumption of fairly traded products such as consumer education, corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, fair trade town and school, and networking. This study is relavant to academics, non-profit fair trade organizations, manufacturers, retailers and governments.

• 복식
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• 제63권1호
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• pp.16-26
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• 2013

This study seeks solutions for two conflict values from the fair trade, one being fulfilling environment and social responsibility and the other being suggesting stylish designs within a reasonable price range. The purposes of this study were to establish fair-trade fashion product development process by investigating practices in fashion product development process within fair-trade company, and to identify the characteristics of fair-trade fashion product development. Qualitative research method was employed. Participant observation and in-depth interviews were conducted with practitioners working in fairtradekorea, Ltd. and producers in Bangladesh, from which case studies were compiled. The results were as follows: The case study provided evidence that fair-trade fashion product development has the same steps as practiced in general fashion brands, but has different characteristics such as fair-trade products going through a much slower process which led to early planning, having producer-centered product development, concentrating on spring/summer products, having a high cost structure, and having unpredictable quality control. Study implications and future research avenues are also discussed.

• 동남아시아연구
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.1-45
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• 2018

본 논문은 베트남의 공정무역조직들의 발전 사례를 통해 현재 베트남 공정무역의 현황과 특수성, 그리고 시사점을 토론한다. 베트남은 사회주의 시장경제 하에 급격한 경제성장을 이뤄왔으나 동시에 빈부격차의 문제도 겪고 있다. 소수민족이나 산간지역의 농업분야 생산자들의 빈곤문제가 커져가고 있다. 초기의 공정무역은 북반구 자선단체나 개발협력단체들에 의해 도입 되었고 지금도 그들이 주도한다. 이에 비해 베트남의 경우, 1990년대 말부터 자발적 동기를 가진 베트남인들에 의해 공정무역이 도입되었다. 이런 측면에서 남반구의 다른 공정무역 생산국과 베트남 사례는 다르다. 이 과정에서 공정무역조직들은 다양한 방식으로 공정무역을 실천하고 있었다. 공정무역 생산국에 관한 연구는 주로 아프리카와 남미를 대상으로 하고 있으며, 주제 또한 생산자들에게 미치는 영향에 관한 것이었다. 생산국의 공정무역조직을 분석하고 이들이 공정무역을 시작하게 된 동기와 발전과정을 연구한 것은 많지 않다. 본 연구는 베트남 공정무역조직들을 사례연구를 통해 분석하고, 이로부터 도출되는 조직의 특수성을 통해 현재 베트남의 공정무역을 설명하고자 한다. 본 연구는 베트남에서 전개되고 있는 공정무역에 대한 이해를 돕고, 공정무역 생산국에 관한 연구에 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• 월간경쟁저널
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• 제139호
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• pp.144-159
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• 2008

• 무역학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2016

최근 소비자들은 제품을 구매할 때 제품의 본질적인 특성 뿐 아니라 기업의 투명성과 윤리성 특히 공정무역제품에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 일반적으로 공정무역을 하는 기업의 제품이나 서비스에 대해 소비자들은 긍정적인 태도를 가지게 되어 제품을 구매하게 되는 윤리적인 마케팅으로 간주 되지만 이를 실증한 연구는 거의 없다. 본 연구는 공정무역과 관련된 소비자의 구매의도를 파악하여 실제로 공정무역의 행위가 기업의 경쟁우위가 될 수 있는지 수단적 이해관계자 이론과 신호이론에 근거하여 실증분석 하였다. 첫 번째 실험은 순수 실험 디자인 중 피실험자 내 디자인을 통해 소비자 구매의도의 공정무역 마케팅 효과를 조사하였다. 두 번째 실험은 소비자 구매의도의 공정무역인증의 효과를 테스트하기 위해 시행되었다. 연구결과 소비자들은 일반적인 제품보다 공정무역제품을 선호한다는 결과를 도출하였으며, 공정무역인증 제품인 경우 그렇지 않은 제품보다 프리미엄 가격을 지불하고서라도 소비하려는 성향을 파악하였다. 또한 공정무역인증 라벨을 부착한 제품이 판매되는 장소에 따라 다른 결과를 도출하였는데, 이는 향후 기업이 목표로 하는 소비자에 따라 차별화된 제품을 유통해야한다는 시사점을 제시할 수 있을 것으로 보인다. 본 연구 결과는 기업이 목표로 하는 기대성과를 위하여 보다 차별화되고 중점적으로 활동할 수 있는 기업의 사회적 책임활동 방향을 제시할 수 있을 것으로 보인다.