The Crime of Fast Fashion
Abstract
The term of white-collar crime is a phrase used to describe crime that is
used in a business setting, by those professionals. The term
“White collar crime”
was coined by Edwin Sutherland, and by his description;
“a crime committed by
a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their
occupation”
. These people abuse their power in a workplace/business, for
personal profit, or just to mess up someone else’s situation. There are many
times of white collar crime that can contribute to the criminogenic environment
such as; wage theft, corruption, market manipulation, environmental crimes, and
labor exploitation. A criminogenic environment is one that allows for these
criminals to commit these crimes without any penalties. These environments
allow these
“criminals”
to adapt and learn new methods of white
-collar crime,
and they will get smarter as time progresses. The industry that I will be writing
about that produces these criminals that hurt the average civilian will be the
fashion industry. There are 2 major instances of why the fashion industry is a
perfect example of a criminogenic environment because of its negative impact
on the Earth, and its constant and excessive labor exploitation.
