Becoming a Social Change Agent By Making Socially Aware Choices

Most of our clothing will be made overseas, in rural and poor areas. Our clothing is made in such areas because it is cheaper and people work extremely hard to get more work done. One website that I love shopping on is Shien, not just because of great prices, but because their size is true to fit, you receive your orders within a couple of days, and the quality of the clothing is not that bad! Now who does not love all those things when buying clothing? I have always heard of the unfairness people have in places such as China when working to create our clothing, but I never did the research myself until recently. I started looking into Shein because it seemed a mystery; this seemed a little fishy, not having a phone number to reach someone or an email.

I feel as if Shein is using unethical labor practices. Fast fashion clothes often meant to be thrown away after only a season are a waste; fast fashion is often made in sweatshops that use unsafe working conditions and child labor (Farhat, R. (2020).

The best thing I could do to make a change would be to stop buying Shein’s clothing and inform others of the unethical labor that they place on their workers. One commonly suggested method of collective action is boycotting fast fashion brands. Unfortunately, the biggest challenge is that boycotts only work when many people have joined in and tried to make a difference (Farhat, R. (2020).

References

 Fressynet, I. (2021, June 4). Why Shein might be the biggest rip-off since fast fashion was born. Euronews. https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/06/04/welcome-to- the-dark-side-shein-is-the-biggest-rip-off-since-fast-fashion-was-born.

Farhat, R., & Farhat, R. (2020, July 22). Shining a Light on Shein’s Unethical Labor Practices.

Study Breaks. https://studybreaks.com/thoughts/shein-unethical-practices/.

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The tag on your shirt may indicate that it came from another country. The name of that country will probably conjure an image of it on the map and maybe only a vague recollection from a film or magazine of the people who live there. However, the processes involved in making your shirt—political, environmental, and social—likely impact diverse communities, and, as you have learned, those communities have multifaceted cultures. Now the name of a country on a shirt is much more than just a name.

Becoming a Social Change Agent By Making Socially Aware Choices

The mission of Walden University is to provide a diverse community of career professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as scholar-practitioners so they can effect positive social change. Reflect on your experience in this course and think about ways you impact indigenous groups. How can one promote positive social change?

In this Discussion, you weigh the ethical implications of your choices when buying your clothes, foods, or other products.

TO PREPARE FOR THIS DISCUSSION:

• Review the Learning Resources for this week.
• Select a food, clothing, or technology product that you currently have in your home. Determine from where said product originated.
• Ascertain how this product’s origins (including raw materials, byproducts, or social issues) may have impacted indigenous people or a specific community.
• Reflect on how this knowledge, combined with what you have learned in this course, affects your ability to make socially aware choices.

With these thoughts in mind:

BY DAY 3

Post one paragraph briefly describing the origins of a food, clothing, or technology product in your home. In a second paragraph, assess how your consumer choices could impact global justice and environmental sustainability. What other steps would you consider taking to promote positive social change?

Support your ideas by connecting them to the week’s Learning Resources or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.