Designated Suppliers Program

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The Designated Suppliers Program (DSP) is a procurement standard proposed by the Worker Rights Consortium and United Students Against Sweatshops. The program was designed to promote the use by US universities of suppliers that make use of a defined set of fair labor practices. It was established in response to the widespread use of sweatshop labor in the production of university-branded clothing and other goods. A full description of the DSP, as it currently stands, can be accessed here.[1]

The DSP has been endorsed in principle by a number of universities in the US, and is under active consideration by others.

[edit] Schools that have adopted the DSP or endorsed it in principle[2]

  1. Brandeis University
  2. Brown University
  3. California State University, Fullerton
  4. Columbia University
  5. Cornell University
  6. DePaul University
  7. Duke University
  8. Fordham University
  9. Georgetown University
  10. Grand Valley State University
  11. Hamilton College
  12. Indiana University
  13. Marquette University
  14. Oberlin College
  15. Regis University
  16. Santa Clara University
  17. Seattle University
  18. Skidmore College
  19. Smith College
  20. Syracuse University
  21. University at Albany, State University of New York
  22. University of California, Berkeley
  23. University of California, Davis
  24. University of California, Irvine
  25. University of California, Los Angeles
  26. University of California, Merced
  27. University of California, Riverside
  28. University of California, San Diego
  29. University of California, San Francisco
  30. University of California, Santa Barbara
  31. University of California, Santa Cruz
  32. University of Colorado at Boulder
  33. University of Connecticut
  34. University of Iowa
  35. University of Maine at Farmington
  36. University of Miami
  37. University of Washington
  38. University of Wisconsin–Madison
  39. Ursinus College
  40. Washington State University
  41. Western Washington University

[edit] References

  1. ^ Appelbaum, Richard and Dreier, Peter. "Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor", The Nation, June 1, 2006.
  2. ^ Worker Rights Consortium DSP Page, accessed April 29th, 2008

[edit] External links