Course: Consumers and Ethical Considerations in the Fashion Industry

As with all economic systems, the law of supply and demand is the major driver of the marketplace; this concept can also be applied to ethical situations in the apparel …

The interconnections of fashion business success and customer attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors are illustrated in many news and research articles and play out in the industry every day. Insightfully, in …

In this step we explore the concept of “greenwashing” in the fashion industry. What is “greenwashing”? Greenwashing: The practice of making false or misleading claims about the environmental safety or …

Our capitalist economy is based on the right of consumers to freely choose what they purchase and from whom. Ethics questions arise when large companies dominate the market because they …

These selected headlines from 2013 to 2015 reflect some of the ethical issues emergent in the fashion industry. In the years after 2010, the ethical emphasis moved beyond intellectual property …

The context of situations can affect the way ethics are applied to decisions, causing us to place a greater level of importance on some areas of decision-making than others based …