Bangladesh

One of the more recent scandals that took place was the building collapse in Bangladesh which killed around 400 people. The factory was run by Loblaws who faced a string of complaints of unsafe working conditions. Police had ordered an evacuation of the factory the day before the collapse due to large cracks in the wall and yet more than 2,000 workers returned for work the next day at the owner's request who was later arrested for this decision

With this in mind it isn't the full responsibility of Joe Fresh for this tragedy, however they play the largest role in the lack of regulations for the factory. They apologized and offered compensation for the families affected however this does nothing to correct the problems. This relates a lot to the mindset that Forever 21 holds with 'we'll fix it later'. They don't regulate the factory, they don't do regular check-ins and play no role in maintaining the facility. If this happened in North America the outrage would be ridiculous, yet this is something that most people my age have never heard of. As I've mentioned in the past the problem doesn't lie solely at the consumer level however we do have the responsibility for lack of a better phrase to give a shit. Loblaw still made a tremendous income and those 400 families are still suffering a loss of income and family member. This was a completely preventable situation that should never have happened and the worst part is that it will likely happen again.