To remain sustainable, Gucci accompanied by Kering has been working to diminish environmental damages. Gucci has been devoting to sustainability since 2004 and initiated a voluntary certification process to apply to its whole production chain. Gucci is one of the first companies in the industry to acquire the official Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) certification in the field of luxury products for the supply chain of its leather goods. In addition, Kering has been working on reducing carbon-dioxide emission, waste, and water. It also worries about risky chemicals and materials, including the sources of raw materials; paper and packaging. The group is looking forward to eradicating the use of all dangerous chemicals from its production by 2020. Furthermore, it aims to assess key suppliers every two years by 2016 (Doran, 2014). It is doubtless that the Italian designer label has promoted customers their goods made of exotic animal skins, but some might wonder whether they were produced ethically. In 2015, Gucci presented men’s leather loafers and women’s clogs and heels made of wild kangaroo fur, which many people find it unethical after killing the animals for human consumption. Nonetheless, a spokesperson of Kering argues, “Kangaroo harvest is one of the best examples of a well-managed harvest program, and thus can be classified under our guidelines as a sustainable fur,” and confirms that the fur is naturally friendly. Besides, Australian state governments permit and
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When we hear of the apparel retailer, Lululemon, we usually think of really overpriced athletic clothing. Lululemon is a luxurious brand for those who want to invest in high quality athletic clothing. This retail company was originally founded in Vancouver, Canada in 1998. In addition, the founder of the company is Denis “Chip” Wilson, who is no longer affiliated with the incorporation due to his unprofessionalism. Over the past twenty years, Lululemon has faced a couple ethical issues, but their ethical culture has also impacted their relationship with customers and employees.
1.) Why did you choose this particular profession, career, company, etc.? I chose Chick fil a for the Code of ethics because chick fil a is a popular fast food restaurant that serves the best quality, and customer service against the big top competitors that have been in the industry for a longer period of time. I do not work for Chick fil a so I thought it would be interesting to learn more about the company since i frequently dine there. 2.)
Sex, money, drugs and violence. When you hear those four words, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Many people would say they think of rap or hip hop. Today, rap music is constantly mistaken for valuing the destruction of communities by promoting images of “the thug life”. However, the hip hop culture can have a positive impact on society.
Second Assignment – Annotated Bibliography and Thesis Statement by Cheryl Chi Yue Leung (214185045) York University NATS 1840 15th January 2016 Thesis: How material elements of the modern fast fashion practice reinforce the meanings of unethical production, and thus explain low prices come with low product quality and negative environmental and social impacts Annotated Bibliography 1) Anguelov, N. CRC Press. (September 2015) The dirty side of the garment Industry: fast fashion and its negative impact on environment and society.
More education should inform more people globally to understand to ongoing issues with the garment industry to evoke global change. Consumers should be informed as to why prices of apparel should not be at the inexpensive cost that it is now, because of the underlying reasons of how the company gets the clothing to that price. Inexpensive, fast fashion from stores like H&M, Forever 21, and Joe Fresh may seem most budget friendly but are not environmentally or sustainable globally. The demand for fast fashion should be brought to political action to help make a global change for the endangered workers of the garment industry. Overall, “The True Cost” does an outstanding job at pointing out the impacts of consumers and their fast fashion choices.
Global warming, pollution and climate change are issues that are widely discussed nowadays. This brings consumers to get more involved in researching the material content of the clothes they are wearing and their impact on the environment. As a matter of fact, manufacturers are frequently blamed by the consumers for releasing harmful chemicals in our ecosystem. This drives companies to grow their concern over sustainability and ethical issues, especially in the fashion industry (Moisander & Personen, 2002). Global companies such as Adidas, H&M or Reebok have been launching recycled and sustainable products, and words such as “fair trade” or “organic” are increasingly being used in marketing.
A WPA report in October 2010 showed that sheep processed domestically for meat are worth 20% more to the Australian economy compared to those that are exported live. The same report showed that another benefit of transitioning to a chilled meat trade is that the utilization of abattoirs currently operating at just 59% could contribute $204 million to the economy each year and create 1300 jobs. The shift away from live animal exports is already showing great promise with the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture stating that the value of meat exports for 2014 was worth $10 billion more compared to that of live exports. A phase-out of the cruel live export trade will not only have long term benefits for the Australian economy, it will prevent further support for an industry that every major international animal welfare organisation condemns as cruel and unacceptable.
The meat packing industry disregards animal’s emotions and their rights all together by the malicious treatment of animals. The way animals are being treated is highly unfair. Being slaughtered for their body parts and suffering just to be used for protein or an asset to humans is unbearable. An animal’s life is at equal values to a human and deserve the same rights as
Furthermore, it is noted that customers, particularly from developed nations like UK, France and Italy are more and more concerned about their health and the report on individual health expenditure over the last decade by OECD (2011) has confirmed that. The report shows that customers are becoming more inquisitive in the type, nature, origin and the processing method of materials in which, apparel and clothing firms uses in producing their product. Thus, demanding for transparency and accountability. Consequently, many customers have gone green and they are persistently advocating for sustainable and ethical activities of firms (Johansson, 2010; Pookulangara
Introduction Forever 21 is a clothing brand that is based in many countries. Most people would be very familiar with the brand as it caters to them in terms of a fashion retailer. The country that will be in this report would be in Singapore and the purpose of the report is to perform an environmental analysis on a company. The structure would be an introduction, followed by company background, country background, PESTEL analysis, porter’s 5 forces, strategic recommendations and conclusion.
• “Side Deals or Side Letters” : Every piece of business dealt by Apple must be in clear written form and should not be altered by means of mouth or writing after the day it goes into effect. Then aside from these specific laws, Apple’s Business Conduct also has sections detailing basic borders for legal behavior, like a section prohibiting corruption practices like “Money Laundering”. “Governments as Customers” In addition to their dedication to the customers as a stakeholder, Apple’s Business Conduct has an entire section dedicated to clarifying the ways in which business should be conducted between Apple and the governments and how to stay ethical in such transactions. • “Governments as Customers”: Before bidding for government business,
Introduction The key ethical issues that were presented in this case study were quality control, lack of customer care, responsiveness, and harming the customer. The Johnson and Johnson case may have been seen as a turning point due to many things the company did right. However, there were many ethical issues in this case which will be explored more throughout this paper.
Introduction Fendi was started after Edoardo and Adele Fendi married, they open a boutique that sold leather good and fur workshop. It is the post-war period, which the middle class trying all sorts of ways to recover. Because of the historical and the background the shop is an immediate achievement (Fashion, 2013). Edoardo and Adele Fendi had five daughters, all five of them began working in the shop as early as age between fifteen to eighteen. Each of them taking different responsibilities in the shop as required.
The adoption of CSR strategy is also another drive factor for companies as it is perceived a way to gain competitive advantage. Those two aspects are strongly connected and the role of the supply chain in CSR strategies is vital (Blowfield & Murray, 2010). Companies which have not only adopted CSR actions but have highlightened them as a core factor of their long-term strategic planning may find complexities to uphold their social and enviromental standards to the whole value chain. The key issues that must be solved in the supply chains to support the firm’s CSR strategy are: • The partnership companies have with their suppliers: Companies, likeTesco, must collaborate more closely with their tier suppliers without underestimating the controlling them to esnure that sustainable ethics and actions are applied. • Particularly, for the transportation/distribution sector, the reduction of fuel emissions can be achieved by achieving a successful perfomance of lean supply chains, with organized distribution plans which will minimize the