Transparency in the fashion industry : a case study on H&M / Paige Street and Kathleen Horton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Street, Paige, author.

Horton, Kathleen, author.

Series:

SAGE Business Cases.

SAGE Business Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business ethics--Case studies.

Business ethics.

Product management--Case studies.

Product management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications: SAGE Business Cases Originals, 2023.

Summary:

In 2020, Fashion Revolution named fast fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) as the world's most transparent brand. Transparency refers to the 'seeing through' of business and supply chain processes. It is a method of corporate self-reporting, data sharing, and 'sustainable supply chain management', which has been praised for its ability to hold brands to account and to give consumers access to information about where their clothes are made. Although transparency does introduce a sense of accountability and openness to the fashion system, it also has several limitations. An overemphasis on the value of transparency promotes the fallacy that 'seeing' something is equal to knowing it, assumes that transparency is equal to sustainability, and obfuscates a deeper investigation into the complexities of fashion supply chains. Students will be asked to reflect on H&M's naming as the 'most transparent brand in the world' and assess the role of transparency in the fashion industry.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5296-1168-7

9781529611687

OCLC:

1355859379