Ethical Considerations In The Fashion Industry: Case Study

Ethical Considerations
Fashion is considered one of the most significant, yet controversial industries in the world. Report shows that North America spends more than $250 billion on clothing, shoes, and accessories each year; recently, its worth has rapidly reached $1.2 trillion worldwide (K., 2014). Ethics is an unavoidable factor to consider and a growing concern for every fashion’s company and their attorneys (Fordham University School of Law). The nature of the fashion industry is surrounded by hundreds of controversies over various topics, concerning quality and consumption. Our company has no involvement in sourcing, designing or manufacturing process since we play an intermediary role between the suppliers and customers. Nonetheless, we demonstrate the promise of a strong work ethic company by making emphasis on quality, discipline, wages, and human rights. So that our products will at the same time benefit the people, the employees and the company itself. Our company is closely associated with a commitment to products quality, in which we focus our attention on selecting the finest selection of fashion goods for the customers. Instead of picking low-end and poor-quality

items to make them affordable for the clients or clothes that manufactured by the sweatshop labors, we make promise to only choose the qualified, yet reasonable costs that match our consumers’ preferences and lifestyles. Many people censure the fashion company for seducing fashion followers to buy fashion items that are not necessary for them. The consumption of customers is healthy and can motivate “a boon to the economy” as long as they can their spending expenditures in check (Xaxx).
Several fashion companies take advantage of charitable co-branding to promote their products and services through donation and fundraising. However, if their original purpose can place a positive impact on individuals and society (for example: all the money helps poor children to get educated), there will be no complaints. As a business venture that follows the ethnic principles of Christianity, Style Me has the responsibility to embrace social responsibility, that is fashion-related nonprofits and without intention of maximizing profits. For example, we make announcement in social media about an event of donating unwanted clothes to poor kids in Congo; for every five pieces the participants donate, they will receive one-month free subscription of Style. The Bible says, “You shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another (Leviticus 19:11 New International Version). The ethics in business requires the company to become transparent to the consumers. Therefore, it will create trust between the company and consumer, result in more loyal customer in the long run. For misjudgments can be made which can affect the popularity of the organization. Therefore, our company’s standards would be to follow the instructions, and restrictions of the fashion-related laws and morals.
Disagreements & Solutions
One of the possible disagreements is between the vendor partners and Style Me.

As our start-up business expanding in the future, it need to partnership with vendor such as H&M for both parties to be benefits. As the partnership between two companies is that we will advertise their brand to our customer and we get discount on buying clothes from H&M. There are possible disagreement as H&M decide to copy our service in their own business, which in turn might violate the partnership agreement that there will be a confidential in intellectual property. The solution is that we can make H&M compensate for violate the term in the contract. Or to make to make it ends peacefully, we can make a new contract that requires H&M to make Style Me as the exclusive agency to their fashionable

products.