Evidently, the three factors come into conflict in the pursuit of maximising shareholder value. For corporations to lower their production cost and generate higher dividends, child and forced labour are utilised in sweat shops in many third world countries. This could be seen as an ethical problem for the business and negative views from consumers. Moreover, in-order to maximise shareholder value, the fast-fashion industry have disregarded the harsh impact waste has on nature which results in long term negative effects on the planet, some irreversible.
