The Fairwear Campaign: An Ethical Network in the Australian
Garment Industry La Trobe University Home Workers Worldwide
Public Interest Advocacy Centre Journal of Business Ethics, Vol.
90, No. 4, pp. 575-588, 2009 In many parts of the world,
homework is a form of labour characterised by precariousness,
lack of regulation, and invisibility and lack of protection of
the workers who are often amongst the world’s poorest and most
exploited. Homework is spreading, due to firm practices such as
outsourcing. The analysis and understanding of complex corporate
networks may assist with the identification and protection of
those most at risk within the supply chain network. It can also
expose some of the key ethical issues and dilemmas of supply
chain management and corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Based on a case-study of the Australian FairWear Campaign (FWC),
this article identifies an ethical network that aims to increase
corporate accountability (CA) via greater transparency in
corporate supply chains and im