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Tourism and Transparency: Navigating Ethical Risks in Volunteerism with Fair Trade Learning


E Hartman
CM Paris
B Blache-Cohen

Abstract

The international volunteer and academic service-learning market is expanding rapidly, despite critics’ assertions regarding the dangers of development amateurism. We provide a framing of growth and concerns in the sector, along with an explanation of emerging best practices. We elucidate
through four cases – two that illuminate extremes in partnership potential and two African cases that illustrate the challenges involved in implementing an ideal partnership type termed Fair Trade Learning (FTL). We conclude with a call for increased transparency in the international volunteer sector. We offer this article as an initial consideration of a current change process.

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eISSN: 1995-641X
print ISSN: 0256-2804