Aren't workers happy to have jobs in apparel, toy and electronics factories and on plantations? After all, don't these companies provide lots of jobs, especially in developing countries?
Responsible Shopper alerts the public about the social and environmental impact of major corporations, and provides opportunities for consumers and investors to vote with their dollars for change.
ITGLWF/InditITGLWF/Inditex Professor of Ethical Fashion Doug Miller's lecture from last year's Maquila Solidarity Network's ethical fashion week is now available for download in PDF format. Entitled "Beauty & the Beast," the lecture looks at the back-story of environmental and human rights issues (the Beast) behind the fashion industry (Beauty).
In Codes Memo #22, MSN investigates whether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting is measuring the right things, asking how stakeholders can assess whether a company's business practices bear any relation to its CSR principles and objectives.
For the past three years, a group of labor rights and human rights organizations in the United States have published the Shop with a Conscience Consumer Guide – a list of “sweatfree” options for the growing number of consumers who would like to purchase
ETI held a members’ meeting to explore potential solutions
to some of the common purchasing practices which undermine working conditions, and to encourage companies to consider what practical improvements they can make in their own
Created by SweatFree Communities, Sweatshop Watch, and the International Labor Rights Forum, the Shop with a Conscience Guide provides a list of “sweatfree” options for consumers who would like to purchase clothing made under ethical conditions.