Table 3.
Findings from the three fair trade organisations analysed according to our proposed framework
| Criterion | Indicator | Parameter | FT Organisation to be analysed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI | WFTO | FT USA | |||
| Interest representation [Score 0 for No and 1 for Yes] | Inclusiveness | (A) All stakeholders may participate of decision making? | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| (B) How may stakeholders participate of decision making: agreement? | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Equality | (C) Participation of members by geographical location? Does it include the 5 continents? | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| (D) How is the distribution by geographical location? | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
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(E) How participation of small producers, advocacy groups; board members are distributed? Equally? |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (F) A person = A vote? | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| Resources | (G) Funds provided to small producers? | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| (H) Foreseeable conflict of interest on who provides the funds are reported? | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (I) Training for capacity building in place? | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Organisational responsibility [Score 0 for No and 1 for Yes] | Accountability | (J) Information on how does the system operate? | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| (K) Information on how is the system is governed? | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| (L) Standards systems inform on the development and content of the standard? | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| (M) Information on who is evaluated and under what process? | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| (N) Information on which ways stakeholders can engage? [53, p. 9] | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Transparency | (O) Information is easily available? [53] | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| (P) How are information made available: free and online (this opposes information available only upon request) [53]? | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
| (Q) Are there mechanisms in place to “encourage stakeholders, peers and the scientific community to scrutinise results and findings” [53, p. 23]? | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ||
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Decision making [Score 0 for No and 1 for Yes] The parameter aggregative (R) is the only one in this matrix that has scores inverted, given that in the theoretical approach adopted, the best solution is the deliberative (S) |
Democracy [Score 0 for Yes and 1 for No] | (R) Aggregative? | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Agreement | (S) Deliberative? | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dispute settlement | (T) Is there a mechanism in place when agreement is not reached? | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total—sum of scores of each fair trade organisation analysed | 11 | 13 | 14 | ||