Polacy o idei Sprawiedliwego Handlu (w świetle wyników badań)
Poles about the Idea of Fair Trade (in the Light of Research Findings)

Summary/Abstract: Fair Trade is a social movement which represents an alternative approach to the traditional trade and which is a part of the concept of sustainable development. Its mission is, with use of the market approach, to offer the marginalised groups of producers and workers, first of all from the Global South, better trade terms and to secure their rights, what allows them improvement of their living situation and plans for the future. An aim of the author is to present the Poles’ knowledge on Fir Trade based on findings of the research carried out in August 2013, within the research project financed on the means of the National Science Centre, implemented in the Institute for Market, Consumption and Business Cycles Research. The research showed that the majority of Poles (65%) are not interested in Fair Trade, and the main mentioned reason is lack of faith in efficacy and individual nature of measures. The very tern Fair Trade is poorly recognizable. It is associated with the Fair Trade certificate, the aid system or it is recognised in the context of aware consumption. The level of awareness of Fair Trade after the accession to the EU structures, has not, in opinion of the majority of respondents (72%), changed. The main source of Poles’ knowledge of Fair Trade is Internet. The presented in the article research findings are of the cognitive and practical nature. The article is of the research nature.

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