Social compliances and quality assurance in apparel industry detailed syllabus for Fashion Technology (FT) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the FT students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Fashion Technology 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit FT 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to FT Professional Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of social compliances and quality assurance in apparel industry is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
SCOPE AND NEED OF SOCIAL COMPLIANCE 9
Social Compliance – concept, need, benefits for industry, workers, society. Social accountability and Corporate Social responsibility – scope and need. Social Compliance in supply chain management.
Unit II
GENERAL NORMS ON LABOUR AND SAFETY 12
Conventions on discrimination, forced labour, child labour- Direction and risk in the supply chain. ILO convention on child labour, worst Form of child labour, Hazardous child labour, Environment and climate, health and safety-safety norms and measures to been forced for safe working Environment., working hours-norms, remuneration-minimum wages Conventions on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Gender.
Unit III
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Unit IV
WAGE COMPLIANCE 9
Freedom of association, collective bargaining agreements (C87,C98-ILO) compensation-norms applicable in India. Working hours-code of conduct.
Unit V
ETHICAL TRADING AND INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCE 7
Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI). Basic code of labour practice. Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production (WRAP) purposes, WRAP Principle, certification process, SA8000. National and international regulating organizations – OSHA, WRAP, GOTS, OEKO TEX. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – mandatory requirements – benefits to company, labour and society.
Course Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student would be able to
- Explain the concepts of social compliance and its importance in the apparel industry
- Know the general norms on labour and safety
- Interpret health and environment compliance in apparel industry
- Interpret wage compliance norms for the industry
- Relate and practice concepts of ethical trading and international compliance for apparel Business
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Venkatesh Selvaraj, “Handbook for social compliance audit: a step by step approach”, Kindle Store, 2021
- Muhammad Azizul Islam, “Social Compliance Accounting”, Springer, 2015
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Fashion Technology 5th Sem, visit FT 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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