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==Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility==
==Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility==


*The [[ratio]] of [[asset]]s of the producer compared to average assets of all known producers of same type of product. (Is the company a small, medium, or huge one?) In Finland information on LLC's assets from the previous fiscal period are publicly available from The Board of Patents and Registry [http://www.prh.fi]]. If you have knowledge of the public availability or inavailability of this information in other coutries, please help us on our [[Research]]
*The [[ratio]] of [[asset]]s of the producer compared to average assets of all known producers of same type of product. (Is the company a small, medium, or huge one?) In Finland information on LLC's assets from the previous fiscal period are publicly available from The Board of Patents and Registry http://www.prh.fi. If you have knowledge of the public availability or inavailability of this information in other coutries, please help us on our [[Research]]


*Is the product or parts of it [[fair trade|fairly traded]]?
*Is the product or parts of it [[w:fair trade|fairly traded]]?


*Information about how well or how badly the production chain treats it's [[employee]]s. This information has quite different meanings in countries of different development stages. For example in Finland the right to and the ability to belong to a trade union can be taken for granted. Also laws exist to ensure equality and work place safety, prohibit discrimination and granted is also the right to have maternal and parental leaves without the fear of losing one's job and so forth. In less developed coutries such laws may not exist or they are not upheld. If this is the case, then examination of these matters  should be conducted on a regional or per company level. Due to the radically varying [[worker's rights]] situation in different parts of the world it seems impossible to form a unified, comparable indictor.
*Information about how well or how badly the production chain treats it's [[employee]]s. This information has quite different meanings in countries of different development stages. For example in Finland the right to and the ability to belong to a trade union can be taken for granted. Also laws exist to ensure equality and work place safety, prohibit discrimination and granted is also the right to have maternal and parental leaves without the fear of losing one's job and so forth. In less developed coutries such laws may not exist or they are not upheld. If this is the case, then examination of these matters  should be conducted on a regional or per company level. Due to the radically varying [[worker's rights]] situation in different parts of the world it seems impossible to form a unified, comparable indictor.
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