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RE: D'oh! The Devaluation of Humanity Based on Geographical Origin
I discuss this in the paper of course, but seeing as I'm not sure I'll be putting the paper on here, the main things I talk about are codes of working conditions and corporate social responsibility. My paper is particular is more of an appeal to corporations to rethink their supply chain to improve conditions for those who are exploited, rather than a step by step process. I'll probably follow to the step-by-step in the next couple years. Back to the question, though, it's not exactly a consumer driven change. Sure, you can do research on the better companies, but it's more on the corporate side of things that need change. Does this answer your question? Thanks for the response :)
This sounds so much like my faculty courses. I kind of miss them. I think the consumers can change by boycotting one by one the companies responsible. They would have to change. Their success is dependent of the consumer's opinion. But humans are easily influenced so maybe this change can come after the opinion leaders act to influence the mass to change. Well, this is my thought about it.
The problem is that it's so common and widespread it would be ineffective to target companies one by one, as well as the fact that many consumers don't care or don't have the money to care, they're going to go with the cheapest option. I appreciate where you're coming from, but I don't think companies or consumers will change unless they're offered more incentive than 'doing the right thing'.