Scholarly Articles
Perhaps you would like to give yourself a better understanding of the issue of social responsibility in the fashion industry. Here are a few you may want to check out through your university library or on Google Scholar! You may also find the content in these articles useful for research topics for students and discussion points with your class.
1. Islam, M. & Deegan, C. (2010). Media pressures and corporate disclosure of social responsibility performance information: a study of two global clothing and sports retail companies, Accounting and Business Research, 40(2),131.
2. Gam, H., Yoon, J. & Banning, J. (2014). Socially responsible apparel abels: Effects on fashionable shoppers, Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, 42(3),292-305.
3. Cowan, K & Kinley, T. (2014). Green spirit: consumer empathies for green apparel, International Journal of Consumer Studies, 38(5),493-499.
4. Dickson, M. (2000). Personal values, beliefs, knowledge, and attitudes relating to intentions to purchase apparel from socially responsible businesses, Clothing and Textiles Research Journal,18(1),19-30.
5. Dickson, M. (2001). Utility of no sweat labels for apparel consumers: Profiling label users and predicting their purchases, The Journal of Consumer Affairs,35(1), 96
6. Ha-Brookshire, J & Norum, P. (2011). Willingness to pay for socially responsible products: case of cotton apparel, Journal of Consumer Marketing,28(5),344-353.
This article gives new teachers of the Fashion course a good background and understanding when teaching the Textile Production, Society, and the Globalized Marketplace - Globalization and Social Responsibility strand.
The definitions and history given about social responsibility would be very useful for the teacher and students and this particular article specifically relates social responsibility to the clothing and textile industry.
The article lists various research topics currently being studied in the textile/fashion industry. Many of these topics are very interesting and quite relatable to adolescents today either because it directly may affect them (e.g., body image, eating disorders, beauty ideals, gang dress, violence and dress), it might affect some students’ immigrant parents (e.g., appearance profiling), or it might be a “hot topic” in the media or our society (e.g., sizing and fit issues of diverse consumer groups, flammability of children’s sleepwear, recycling).
These topics fit really nicely with The World of Fashion course and the specific expectations. Some fabulous research, discussion, input from various media resources activities, and debates could result. Happy reading!