• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.745-764
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of ethical consumption in the Community Currency Movement participant's daily life as a consumer. Qualitative research methods are used for the understanding about the participation activities and the daily lives as a consumer of Hanbat LETS participants'. The characteristics of ethical consumption used for analysing of the Community Currency Movement are the subjective participation, production process-aware consumption, others care to consumption, sustainable consumption, voluntarily simple life. The major results of this study show that the Community Currency Movement is the alternative economic system practicing the ethical consumption. The Community Currency Movement increase the subject participation, realize the social responsibility and community society and the ecological value and voluntary simple life. This research get the meaning for considering the Community Currency Movement & the ethical consumption on the discriminatory perspective.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.67-80
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• 2004

Farm economy is getting worse because of the free trade trends in agriculture sector and unreasonable application of market economy principles to agricultural products. And The worldwide issues of environmental pollution as well as want of food, water and energy make human future be anxious. In addition, consumers raise questions in argument about safety of foods produced by traditional farming or imported. So I propose the urban-rural living community movement(URLCM) as an alternative plan for sustainable domestic agriculture. URLCM based on environmentally friendly agriculture and community consciousness will be able to solve many of present issues on agriculture and rural society through incessant interchanges between urban and rural community. This URLCM has to be basically founded on principles of symbiosis-coexistence and life circulation. So those that have to be driven forward arc organizing producers and consumer cooperatives, making environmentally friendly rural region and products, combining with consumer cooperatives, training the participants and so forth.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1121-1133
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• 2011

Fair trade has received increasing attention from ethical consumers in the North Trans-Atlantic world. It is a movement establishing alternative trading organizations to ensure minimal returns, safe working conditions, and to provide continuity in the trading relationship for disadvantaged producers, especially women and indigenous people in the South. Despite of the growing fair trade movement in the U.S. and Europe, it is still in the introductory stage in Korea. Although fair trade has gained some attention because of the efforts of activists, most Korean consumers are still unaware of it. This paper is divided into four sections including an introduction and conclusions. In section two, I analysed sales of the fairly traded products and the websites of the fairly traded products sellers. In section three, I proposed two effective recommendations for the better marketing and promotion strategies of fairly traded products. One proposal is for providing consumer information, like fair trade certificates, consumer campaigns, and consumer information of the fair trade sellers' websites analyses. The other is for establishing the infrastructure to promote the consumption of fairly traded products such as consumer education, corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, fair trade town and school, and networking. This study is relavant to academics, non-profit fair trade organizations, manufacturers, retailers and governments.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.89-104
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to grope the direction of the environmental movement for the improvement of welfare. The deterioration of environment which was resulted from the development of material civilization due to the industrialization made people newly recognize the importance of environment. The quality of the future life depends on the solution of the environmental problems. The family-centered environmental movement as a new cultural movement in the daily life should be revitalized for the purpose of improving welfare. This study investigated the several views on the environmental problems in the neighboring disciplines of home economics. And on the basis of the results of the study, the direction of environmental movement to be developed in home economics was represented. This study represented the directions of the environmental movement as a new cultural movement in the daily life as follows: alternative life-style, that is, pro-environmental life-style-oriented direction; community-oriented direction such as cooperative association movement in daily life; the politicalization of the environmental problems, that is, the endeavor to reflect the election promise on the environment in the vote, etc. The content of the environmental movement shoed be treated of in environmental education, consumer education, family-life education, school education, and life-long education.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.491-502
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• 2012

The world's food production systems are becoming an area of great concern for both human and ecological health. Research has identified that one of the greatest threats to sustainability is conventional industrial agricultural systems and the high energy and material cost they require to function. The organic food movement is contributing as promising alternative to the current dominant model. Over the last 50 years it has developed into the most visible brand for a healthier and more environmentally sustainable food system. However, to achieve its full potential there are still a number of hurdles which must be overcome to make organic products a more viable and appealing option for consumers. This paper provides an overview of key research that has been conducted on why consumers are buying organic products, what they are buying and what is preventing them from purchasing more. It concludes that the key challenge is for the organic food movement to convince existing consumers of the superior 'value' of its products. In addition there are a number of methodological issues associated with analysing the market for organic products as well as issues of limited distribution, intermittent availability and high prices that are currently preventing increases in sales. Recognition and management of these barriers could contribute to more effective targeted research into consumer food purchasing motivations and subsequently the development of more sophisticated marketing strategies that assist in maintaining integrity with consumers and fending off challenges from conventional as well as other complementary food systems such as local food movement. And finally to achieve these market growth strategies the organic food movement will need to cope with its diverse constituency - ranging from global corporates through to local production and consumption - and provide attractive opportunities to individuals and business at all stages in supply chain whilst retaining credibility with government to ensure ongoing policy support.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.308-317
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 광주광역시와 제주특별자치도에 소재하고 있는 (예비)사회적기업의 네트워크구축 활동에 관한 사례연구를 실시하여, 현재 사회적기업의 지역 네트워크 실태와 미래 자원연계 방향에 대한 수요파악, 전략적 협력적인 네트워크구축 활성화 방안을 모색해보고자 하였다. 양 지역의 사회적기업이 맺고 싶은 지역자원은 기업과 공공기관, 지역언론사가 가장 많고, 다음으로 전문가 등의 프로보노, 민간단체, 자원봉사단체로 나타났다. 희망하는 연계내용으로는 제품구매, 인건비 및 재정지원, 홍보, 서비스구매, 마케팅, 공동사업 순으로 나타났다. 연계를 위해서 관련행사 참여, 정부기관의 도움, 관련단체 가입, 기관장의 역할 순으로 노력을 수행하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 연구결과 사회적기업의 지역자원연계 활성화를 위해서는 지역사회내 영리기업과 대학 등과 1사 1사회적기업 협력체계를 추진하거나, 지역사회내 자원봉사자 활동을 발굴할 필요가 있으며, 윤리적이고 대안적인 소비자운동의 촉발과 연대, 사회적기업의 신뢰형성 등이 중요한 활성화 방안으로 도출되었다.

• 한국사회복지학
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.169-196
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• 2006

본 연구의 목적은 장애인 복지의 제공자 중심의 서비스를 극복하기 위해 새로운 대안으로 부상하고 있는 소비자주의에 대한 사회복지사들의 주관적 개념화를 파악하기 위한 것이다. Q 방법론을 통해 사회복지사들의 소비자주의에 대한 주관적 개념은 임파워먼트형, 시장기제형, 다중개방형, 전통가치형 등 4가지 유형으로 도출되었다. 이들은 각각 소비자주의에 대한 특정적 확장적 차원에 의해, 전통적 개혁적 차원에 의해, 수단적 목적적 차원에 의해 인식되고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과는 우리 사회에서 모호하게 이해되고 있는 소비자주의 개념을 구체화함으로써 소비자 친화적인 정책 및 실천 프로그램과 전문가 교육 프로그램 개발에, 그리고 소비자주의를 지향하는 장애인복지의 정책, 실천현장, 이론, 운동 등 제 영역들 간의 명확한 의사소통을 원활히 하는데 기여할 것이다.

• 한국의상디자인학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2023

Due to the current seriousness of environmental pollution and the eco-friendly movement of the fashion industry, research on sustainable fashion design is being actively conducted. In this study, consumer perception of upcycling products, are divided into image, function, and meaning; and image is further divided into shape, color, and material. It was redefined as pattern, and image recognition was evaluated among men and women in their 20s and 30s, and men and women in their 40s and 50s used as subjects. First, factors that determine each image were extracted based on qualitative analysis of the precedent cases of upcycling bags, and quantitative analysis of the subjects was induced through a questionnaire. As a result of the analysis of evaluation items related to image association, the average frequency analysis of all subjects for each stimuli and the cognitive variance of the frequency analysis by generation by gender were found to be similar. However, awareness of some stimuli by generation showed a significant difference. Overall, in the three stimuli with high overall preference, common features, such as the basic box-shaped symmetrical structure, the monochromatic color of the Munsell system, solid and practical texture, and appropriate use of patterns were identified. In addition, it was confirmed that there was a difference with factors such as femininity, simplicity, touch, and splendor in the measurement factors. In conclusion, it is considered that the main significance of this study is that it excluded the recognition and meaning of upcycling products and explored the original design and image elements of products. Therefore, it is expected that this study will be used as a basic data for responding to the gender image of each generation as an alternative method of sustainable fashion design, and it will be an opportunity to expand the scope of the study to a detailed study beyond the biased topic.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제9권8호
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• pp.294-308
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• 2009

고령화의 급속한 진전에 따라 국가유공자 대상 보훈정책에서도 고령유공자의 노후생활 지원서비스를 확충하고 관련 정책을 체계적으로 운영해야할 필요성이 점차 커지고 있다. 하지만 전통적인 보훈정책은 잔여적 복지 관점에서 이루어지고 있고 국가재원이 한정적으로 지원됨에 따라 비용-효과성의 확보가 어려운 문제점이 있다. 또한 소득보전과 보건치료에 집중됨에 따라 국가유공자의 (개인)활동과 일상생활을 지원하는 보훈서비스의 활성화는 아직 요원한 현실이다. 이에 기존 보훈정책의 잔여적 특성을 넘어 보편적 보훈서비스를 통해 유공자로서의 상징과 예우를 보장하면서도, 노인으로서 필요한 각종 돌봄서비스의 혜택을 비용-효과적으로 받을 수 있는 적극적인 보훈정책의 모색이 요구되는 것이다. 이러한 관점에서 본 연구는 고령유공자에 대한 체계적이고 비용 효과적인 대안적인 재가돌봄서비스 공급방식을 구상하고, 특히 지역사회복지서비스체계와의 연계를 강조하고 있다.