ethical considerations Flashcards
what collapsed causing one of biggest impacts of fast fashion
rana plaza
what cant some businesses be
both ethical and profitable
ethical dimension may be sacrificed
greenwashing
misleading marekting or flase claims about enviorental practices
or creating a facade (fake) of sustainability
companys may exxagerate eco-friendly efforts to attach consumers
what is cultural appropriation
explotiative use of cultural elemtns without proper acknolegemnet or respect or undertanding
shown in fashion induatries as may take traditonal clothes from a culture without proper respect
can cause people in the cutue to feel offense
ways to prevent cultural appropraiton
ewual cooperation
counterfiet products
fake products
producion and sale of faek goods, which can undermind ehtical practice s and support criminal activities
ways to prevent counterfeit products
monitor online scams
penalties for selling fake products
educating consumers
job losses
Study tip: JEM
what is intellectual property theft
comapnies copting degins without permission impacing the income of the real designer
name all ethical issues in clothing induatries
cultural appropration
pay and rewards
intellectual property threat
counterfeit products
unfair wages
unfair wages
not being payed enough for amount of work they do
espcially in lower income counteries
ways to prevent unfair wages
increasing prices up
promise to pay fair wages
what is the CSR
corporate social responsibility in fashion inductry
ethical sourcing, susuatinable practices and fair labour conditions
enviormental pollution
poulltion from chemical tretaments, waste disposal, contirbuting to enviormental issues
ways to prevent envioremntal poulltion
making sure dyes are less toxic
reducing amount of toxic chemicals
lilimted collections so less waste
discrimation in fashion indutryes
based on gender, ethnicty in recuritment and workplace practices
ways to prevent discimiation
having different sized models
being more diverse
poor working conditions
takes place in particualrly poorer counteries
long hours, long wages and unsafe enviorments
rana plaza
exposed to hazaradrous conditons without proper safety measurers
non-biodegrable materials
use of syntheic materials which do not decompose easilt contributint to long term enviromental pollution
excessive waste usgae
jeans using up so much water to make
emissions
produced through producion, transporation adn disposal of clothing
sweatshops
where workers endure harsh conditions, long hours and low pay
lack of transparecy
make it hard for consuemrs to know the true origns of their clothing
child labour
children working in ahrsh enviroemnts
