Gender equality: a tool for legitimacy in the fast fashion industry

Gender equality is an extremely important issue for all businesses, nevertheless the fast fashion industry, which targets mainly the female population, faces major challenges related to women wellbeing and labor rights, employees professional and personal development. The objective of this paper is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Miotto, Giorgia, Vilajoana Alejandre, Sandra
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:20.500.14342/654
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/654
https://doi.org/10.3926/hdbr.244
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Igualtat entre els sexes
Desenvolupament sostenible
Comunicació
Empreses-Responsabilitat social
Indústria de la confecció
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Sumario:Gender equality is an extremely important issue for all businesses, nevertheless the fast fashion industry, which targets mainly the female population, faces major challenges related to women wellbeing and labor rights, employees professional and personal development. The objective of this paper is to analyse how three leading fast fashion companies include gender equality in their sustainability reports as part of their communication strategy and as a tool for legitimations. The main findings show that fast fashion industry focuses the communication based on gender equality issues explaining the improved working conditions and professional development opportunities for the female employees from all around the world along the entire Supply Chain Management.