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Why caring about ethical consumption can isolate you socially

My friends roll their eyes when I bring up fair trade coffee again and I am starting to wonder if being the ethics police is just making everyone hate me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The social cost of maintaining ethical standards can create tension between personal values and relational harmony.

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“Where Are You with Ethical consumption?”

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