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sustaInaBlE FashIon : a handBooK For Educators

globalization and supply chain

working conditions

rachelle jackson, str responsible sourcing, usa
[email protected]

1. Level FE, UG


2. Pre-requisite knowledge required by educators D. Specific knowledge required: Educators should have
   a cursory knowledge of supply chain codes of conduct
   and basic exposure to global trade issues


3. Pre-requisite knowledge required by students A. No background knowledge required


4. Number of students Minimum of 8 for some activities


5. Length of time required 6 to 6.5 hours to complete all four sections


6. Type of activity Individual work, Group work, Course outlines and
   learning goals, Ideas for projects, assignments and briefs,
   Film related, Discussion and debate, Research related


7. Discipline Business, Cross-curricular


8. Topics covered Campaigns, Companies, Corporate social responsibility,
   Globalisation, Multi-stakeholder initiatives, Trade unions,
   Workers’ rights, Working conditions

Follow up / rElatEd actIVItIEs
Students may visit clothing stores and identify the various countries where the clothes are made. They may then profile
the supply chain labor standards programs, if any, of this brand or retailer.

oBjEctIVEs / lEarnIng outcoMEs

• Provide students with an understanding of the labor rights challenges present in today’s global supply chain, how
  some companies are addressing these challenges, and what impacts, if any, their efforts have had.