ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the multi-level interaction of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and fair trade regimes with state-based legal systems. It opens with an analysis of the potential problems arising when multiple systems are overlaid upon each other. The term fair trade implying that some practices are unfair is usually used to contrast with free trade, calling for higher standards of production and protection to be afforded to developing countries. The Organic Consumers Association has urged shoppers to patronize independent cafs and roasters rather than buy Walmarts fair trade labelled products. New Governance scholars illuminate the wide range of regulatory possibilities, defying a purely dichotomized notion of command and control government regulation and non-governmental private ordering. New Governance approaches to discrimination focus upon continual problem-solving efforts, involving workers as key participants in anti-discrimination efforts. In New Governance approaches to environmental management, public authorities provide cooperative implementation, relying on private groups to help interpret, implement and enforce applicable rules.
