Networking pressure: the effects of social media networks on CSR behaviors in the textile industry

The textile and apparel industry is one of the largest polluters in the world. The industry also has one of the worst records for human rights issues and illegal working practices. For many customers of some of the world's largest brands, such revelations that famous brands are destroying the planet and societies through their products are shocking. In recent years, there has been a growing pressure on apparel and textile manufacturers due to the discovery of the truth around the industry's environmental and societal impacts. For many, the question has been how such behaviors have been allowed to continue without...