Andrew Morgan The True Cost

Summary of the Storyline

The True Cost (2015) directed by Andrew Morgan, is a documentary film showing the viewer the negative impact that the clothing industry has on our environment and the devastating way “fast fashion” impacts the people who make the clothes. The film is 92 minutes long. The film states that the fashion industry is second most negatively impactful to the environment than the oil industry.
People from across the globe are interviewed and asked for their opinions, and what they know regarding this issue. The film gives us examples of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Human Resources/ Human Capital (HR/HC), and ethics. We are shown Capitalism at its finest, consumerism, globalization, ethical fashion, out sourcing, labour

She believes that the land should be respected and treated well. She grows 3.6 million acres of cotton on her farm in Texas. They are the biggest cotton patch in the world. About 80% of her cotton is now modified. She speaks about pesticides and how it has an impact on her soil, and the people in the community. Larhea tells us how she is environmentally friendly with her organic cotton. This shows good Environmental Responsibility as she is selling good quality cotton that won’t harm someone’s skin or the environment. Later on in the film (00:51:50) Larhea talks about how pesticides don’t take into consideration “this cost at what cost?” the cost of polluting the water, the cost of labour, the cost of bars on the window, that people die when a fire breaks out at the factory, the cost of farmers that don’t have access to education and health

The police opened fire on the workers resulting in 5 dead, 23 arrested and more than 40 injured. All the workers wanted was a proper salary to make a decent living, but unfortunately the government doesn’t care about the workers. This shows poor remuneration. Employees should be paid and rewarded for their hard work, and ultimately, if a worker has a decent salary, they are able to have a good living situation and be healthy enough to work.

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Arif, who owns a garment factory, has to keep his prices as low as possible in order to get good business, he needs to be cheaper than his competitors to obtain an advantage, by doing this however, he has to keep his wage expenses low too, therefore resulting in his employees being worked hard for low income. This is an example of poor remuneration as human capital is not being paid what they deserve to be paid in order to make a decent