ethical trading
Morally sound business
Ethical trading refers to business practices that consider social and environmental impacts alongside profit.
Companies engaged in ethical trading typically ensure fair wages, safe working conditions, and sustainable sourcing throughout their supply chains: The company's ethical trading policy prohibits child labor.
The term overlaps with fair trade but is broader, covering corporate responsibility rather than specific certification standards.
- fair wagesReasonable compensation for labor
- worker safetyProtection from workplace harm
- human rightsInalienable personal freedoms
- living conditionsCircumstances of one's dwelling
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
community investment · living wage · local partnerships · unionization · whistleblower protections · workplace diversity · sustainable sourcing · consumer education · waste reduction · stakeholder engagement · corporate governance · supply chain · carbon neutrality · philanthropy · renewable energy · water conservation · charitable donations · circular economy
ethical tradingsweatshop labor
Exploitative factory work
worker exploitation · blood diamonds · conflict minerals · unfair trade · price gouging
ethical tradingslave labor
Coerced unpaid servitude
child labor · human trafficking · debt bondage · wage theft · forced labor
ethical tradingillicit trade
Unlawful commercial exchange
smuggling · contraband · money laundering · arms trafficking · drug trafficking
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