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MBA courses: An ethical dilemma for students

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Marketing a Fair Trade website

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Marketing a Fair Trade website
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What is your Interest?: London, UK

Represent:: Individual

Name of Company / Organization:: Adupo

What is your current job and/or what field are you studying?: Sales and marketing in the sports industry while completing my MBA.

What else would you like to say about yourself?: MBA student currently working in sales and marketing in the sports industry.
Born and raised in Dublin, living in London since 2005 following a stint in the US.
Recently started my dissertation which will investigate why the diamond industry has succeeded in some countries but failed in others. It will address areas such as geography, human resources, infrastructure, political climate and exports.
Also just launched a new Fairtrade gift website called www.adupo.com. for more information, see the site or drop me a line.

Website Address: http://www.adupo.com

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Quick reminder about Adupo.com

I would like to remind everyone about www.adupo.com, the main reason I joined Development Crossing. Adupo.com is a website I have launched with the help of a charity called ABLe Volunteers International Fund (www.avif.org.uk). AVIF is run by fellow DC member Alison Lowndes. All the products for sale on the site have been purchased from Mike Mwaniki Njogu, the manufacturer in Kenya and all the revenue we generate will be reinvested in further stock. We are bas… Continue

Posted on April 10th, 2008 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment (Add)

Fair trade branded 'unfair'

Critical article published in today's Guardian (UK). See below or click here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/25/fairtrade.report/print Fair trade branded 'unfair' Rebecca Smithers, consumer affairs correspondent A report by the Adam Smith Institute says fair trade offers a better deal to some producers at the expense of the great majority of farmers The burgeoning fair trade movement which allows consumers to buy ethically sourced products such as tea, coffee and bananas is lit… Continue

Posted on February 25th, 2008 at 9:33am — 3 Comments (Add)

New Sustainable Business Webshop

I would like to let you know about www.adupo.com, a website I have been working on for the last few weeks with the help of a charity called ABLe Volunteers International Fund (www.avif.org.uk): All the products for sale on the site have been purchased from Mike Mwaniki Njogu, the manufacturer in Kenya and all the revenue we generate will be reinvested in further stock.

We are basically trying to establish a sustainable business… Continue

Posted on February 20th, 2008 at 5:05pm — 3 Comments (Add)

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At 9:39pm on May 7th, 2008, Jonny H said…: How is Adupo coming along?

At 6:22am on April 14th, 2008, Sher Ahmed Khan said…: For you Kieth Chap..................\

http://www.geocities.com/khansher56/follow.htm http://shahzadasher7.blogspot.com/

At 3:36pm on April 13th, 2008, Sher Ahmed Khan said…: Welcome Kieth to DEV Crossing.........................Heres all you want ,http://www.developmentcrossing.com/profile/KeithMcGuinness ,i visited your website and registered for a Newsletter...............................you know the kind of Energy Issue in my city and country is only as far as speech and communication......................thats exactly what demarcates the worlds ,the old worlds.... today in the Globalised world we still have olden decision makers .........ive been around tjhe political scene since quite long and my vision has been successfull.........
do visit my page.........

At 3:35pm on April 10th, 2008, Development Crossing said…: Links in blog posts are done the same way that you did it in the discussion post (highlight the text and click on the chain button). I think you just forgot to highlight the text in the blog post.

At 3:25pm on April 10th, 2008, Development Crossing said…: Hey!
Of course you are, I just placed a link in the comment section since the blog post didn't have a direct link. Best of luck with the site!

At 7:19pm on March 6th, 2008, Rosen Dimov said…: Hey! Greetings from Bulgaria...Just contact me if you need any help in finding Bulgarian social partners (ngos, charities, etc).

Best wishes,
Rosen Dimov

At 6:43pm on February 27th, 2008, Jonny H said…: That is a great story. You should put some more details on your post or in a forum. thanks for the answer.