Title: Identify sustainable business practices.
Course: Fashion Careers II (19201-II) > Section: Exploring Responsible Practices in the Fashion Industry

Identification should include

- community engagement
- ethical business practices (e.g., fair trade, child labor considerations, living wages)
- environmental stewardship (e.g., using recycled material, sourcing production).

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- What are sustainable business practices?
- What innovative methods are used to develop more strategic approaches to engage local communities?
- What role does the fashion/textile industry professional plan in sustainable business practices?
- What is a tech pack?
- How are tech packs incorporated into fashion design production?
- What effect does the garment industry have on the environment?
- What are the pros and cons of operating a sustainable business?

Communication

- How do businesses’ ethical practices affect sourcing of fair-trade materials?
- What new types of practices need to be communicated to the community?
- How do communication skills benefit the technical designer?
- How has Internet communication changed fashion design?
- How could one express the ability to produce sustainable products?

Leadership

- What can businesses do to play a more engaged role in society and with designers?
- How could designers interact more closely with the people who make the garments? How could designers discover the needs of the people in the community around the factory?
- What skill sets do technical designers need?
- Why is teamwork important to modular manufacturing?
- How could the fashion industry professional differentiate between sustainable and unsustainable business practices?

Management

- Why should material knowledge be incorporated into environmental stewardship?
- How do new design practices change fashion/textile designers?
- How has mass customization changed the fashion industry?
- What are the production advantages of modular manufacturing?
- How can one classify sustainable business practices?