From Trust to Trustworthiness: Why Information is not Enough in the Food Sector |
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Authors: | Franck L. B. Meijboom Tatjana Visak Frans W. A. Brom |
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Affiliation: | (1) Ethiek Instituut, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, NL-3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The many well-publicized food scandals in recent years have resulted in a general state of vulnerable trust. As a result, building consumer trust has become an important goal in agri-food policy. In their efforts to protect trust in the agricultural and food sector, governments and industries have tended to consider the problem of trust as merely a matter of informing consumers on risks. In this article, we argue that the food sector better addresses the problem of trust from the perspective of the trustworthiness of the food sector itself. This broad idea for changing the focus of trust is the assumption that if you want to be trusted, you should be trustworthy. To provide a clear understanding of what being trustworthy means within the food sector, we elaborate on both the concept of trust and of responsibility. In this way we show that policy focused on enhancing transparency and providing information to consumers is crucial, but not sufficient for dealing with the problem of consumer trust in the current agri-food context. |
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Keywords: | food food policy responsibility trust trustworthiness |
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