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How to navigate business partnerships when ethical sourcing reveals deeper colonial patterns

My business partner and I started a fair trade company but we're realizing that even our 'ethical' supply chain still relies on the same global inequalities we wanted to challenge, and we disagree about whether to completely restructure or accept the compromises.

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What we've seen

Partners who built their venture on moral principles discover those principles may be insufficient to address the systemic issues they face.

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“Where Are You with Colonialism and persistent wealth inequality?”

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