- Transparency International
A global civil society organization that brings people together in a worldwide coalition to end the devastating impact of corruption on men, women, and children around the world. Includes more than 90 locally-established national chapters.
www.transparency.org
- Fairtrade Foundation
Helps producers of food and beverages in the developing world receive a fair share of their trade.
www.fairtrade.org.uk
- Make Trade Fair
Working to ensure that producers in poor countries get a fair deal.
www.maketradefair.com
- International Forum on Globalization (IFG)
Alliance seeks to stimulate new thinking about the rapidly emerging economic and political trading arrangements of the global economy.
www.ifg.org
- TransFair USA
Nonprofit monitoring organization which certifies that participating traders are following fair trade guidelines.
www.transfairusa.org
- Debt AIDS Trade Africa (DATA)
Aims to help Africa's AIDS crisis through fundraising and fair trade. Co-founded by Bono.
www.data.org
- The International Fair Trade Association (IFAT)
Global network of Fair Trade Organizations (FTO). IFAT's members are producers, importers, retailers, and financiers, aiming to improve the livelihoods of the disadvantaged.
www.ifat.org
- Plain English Campaign
Independent pressure group fighting to transform gobbledygook, legalese, and small print into clear English.
www.plainenglish.co.uk
- Traidcraft
Public limited company seeking to create opportunities for workers in developing countries. Range of products includes tea, coffee, chocolate, T-shirts, and footballs.
www.traidcraft.co.uk
- Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
Hong Kong anti-corruption organization whose mission is to introduce corruption-resistant practices and pursue corruption through effective detection, investigation, and prosecution.
www.icac.org.hk
- Fair Trade Federation
Association of businesses which provides fair wages and employment opportunities to low-income artisans and farmers worldwide.
www.fairtradefederation.com
- Plain Language Action Network (PLAN)
U.S. government reference site for use of Plain English in federal regulations, manuals, and all forms of communication to the U.S. public.
www.plainlanguage.gov
- Peoples' Global Action (PGA)
Instrument for coordination of struggles against corporate domination.
www.agp.org
- Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
A non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that supports local initiatives in developing countries that involves the private sector in policy advocacy and institutional reform, improving governance, and building understanding of market-based democratic systems.
www.cipe.org
- Cato Institute Center for Trade Policy Studies Home
Striving to increase the public understanding of the benefits of free trade and the costs of protectionism.
www.freetrade.org
- Ethical Trading Initiative
Promotes good practice in the implementation of codes of labour practice, including the monitoring and independent verification of the observance of code provisions.
www.ethicaltrade.org
- U.S. English, Inc.
Organization dedicated to making English the official language of the United States.
www.us-english.org
- English First
Working to make English America's official language.
www.englishfirst.org
- Make Trade Fair Campaign
Aims at changing the rules of international trade to help those in the third world who are being cheated by the unfair rules of world trade. Online petition as well as information on the campaign and activities.
www.maketradefair.org
- Mail Order Chickens
Uses satire to protest the Economic Partnership Agreements being imposed on third world countries that mean they cannot compete economically with the industrialized world.
www.mailorderchickens.org
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