Sewing Responsibility: Media Discourse, Corporate Deviance, and the Rana Plaza Collapse

Williamson, Sarah Hupp; Lutz, Jennifer

doi:10.1111/soin.12289

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“…The negative impacts of fast fashion came under the spotlight when a tragic field reconfiguring event occurred: the collapse of Rana Plaza, which killed 1129 workers and left 2,500 injured (Lohmeyer & Schüßler, 2017 ; Williamson & Lutz, 2019 ). Rana Plaza shook the grounds of the dominant market logic and reinforced the legitimacy of sustainability logic further.…”

Section: The Illustrative Case Of (Un)sustainable Fashion Transitionsmentioning

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(Un)Sustainable transitions towards fast and ultra-fast fashion

Dzhengiz

Haukkala²,

Sahimaa

2023

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Due to pressing sustainability challenges, the fashion industry is undergoing tremendous change. Surprisingly, even though the unique context of fashion presents an opportunity for scholars to explore the (un)sustainable transitions, this context has yet to receive the attention of transition scholars. Our article explores fashion transitions and develops a conceptual framework demonstrating this transition's multi-level and multi-dimensional interactions. We draw on three literature areas: multi-level perspective (MLP) of sustainable transitions, institutional logics and framing contests. We then introduce a conceptual framework and illustrative examples from the industry and demonstrate the tensions between positive and negative environmental and social sustainability developments at the niche, regime and landscape levels. We show that while many positive developments can be seen in the regime players through the adoption of corporate sustainability initiatives, new business models and collaborations, more attention should also be given to some adverse developments. Overall, we contribute to the literature by exploring fashion transitions, an under-explored context, and by demonstrating the complexity of interactions due to the diffusion of heterogeneous institutional logics and framing contests between players.

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Section: The Illustrative Case Of (Un)sustainable Fashion Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Un)Sustainable transitions towards fast and ultra-fast fashion

Dzhengiz

Haukkala²,

Sahimaa

2023

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“…In 2013, Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, housing five garment factories supplied to global fast-fashion brands such as Primark, collapsed, killing at least 1132 people and injuring more than 2500 (Williamson & Lutz, 2019). This disaster manifested these poor working conditions and brought media and public attention to the sustainability challenges.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Configurations of sustainability‐oriented textile partnerships

2023

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Firms configure their sustainability-oriented partnerships differently depending on the sustainability issue, partnership types, and mechanisms (product, process, policy, and awareness raising) and target change at various levels (firm, industry, supply chain, and society). We study how sustainability-oriented partnerships in the textile industry are configured by analyzing 444 partnerships using a mixed-method approach. Textile firms partner to tackle environmental issues such as circularity, waste, and sustainable materials, utilizing product and process mechanisms and create firm-level change. In contrast, these firms address social issues such as education and job development, labor and working conditions, poverty, and inequality through cross-sector partnerships that target change beyond firm boundaries. We discuss these findings critically by drawing on and contributing to two literature areas: sustainability-oriented partnerships that study partnership configurations and the sustainability in textiles. Our findings highlight the importance of issue and context specificity when partnering for sustainability.

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“…Every RMG factory should strive for compliance not just for profit, but also for the sake of human rights protection. Health, security, the right to organize and collective bargaining, appointment letters and a minimum pay for garment employees, as well as structural/building rules in the entire sector, are all requirements of the purchasers (Williamson & Lutz, 2020). Several major retail brands have cautioned Bangladesh to ensure basic labor rights, such as social compliance, as well as a gradual implementation of all compliance standards in the industries (Rahim, 2020).…”

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Scholarly Revisit the Role of Worker Participation Committee: Evidence from the Ready-Made Garment Industry of Bangladesh

Uddin¹,

Arafin²,

Rana³

2022

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Purpose– The prime objective of this article is to revisit the role of Workers Participation Committee (WPC) and discover how and where WPC has been playing an active role in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach– This study has extensively reviewed the journal articles, documents prepared by international organizations and thesis works of researchers that have been published in the reputed journals and online sources. Findings– This study finds that WPC has active roles to play in the issues related to labor standards and the issues related to labor rights. Moreover, WPC has the ability to establish mutual trust and harmonious relationship between the workers and employers by resolving industrial dispute. Research limitations- This is a conceptual paper which suffers to observe the reality from the ground. This study will invoke many scholars to conduct empirical studies in the future to evaluate the reality of the functions that WPC can play independently at the organizational level in Bangladesh. Practical implications– This study contributes significantly to the existing literature of WPC, especially in the RMG industry. This study also has implication as the future reference to conduct empirical assessment in terms of WPC’s roles and legislative reformation. Originality/value– As far as originality is concerned, very few research effort has been made before to revisit the role of WPC in the RMG industry in Bangladesh.

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Sewing Responsibility: Media Discourse, Corporate Deviance, and the Rana Plaza Collapse

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

(Un)Sustainable transitions towards fast and ultra-fast fashion

(Un)Sustainable transitions towards fast and ultra-fast fashion

Configurations of sustainability‐oriented textile partnerships

Scholarly Revisit the Role of Worker Participation Committee: Evidence from the Ready-Made Garment Industry of Bangladesh

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