Designated Suppliers Program

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.

Attempt to convince the administration at the University of North Carolina resulted in a sit-in by members of the UNC chapter of Student Action with Workers.

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. Macalester College
14. Marquette University
15. Oberlin College
16. Regis University
17. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
18. Santa Clara University
19. Seattle University
20. Skidmore College
21. Smith College
22. Syracuse University
23. University at Albany, State University of New York
24. University of California, Berkeley
25. University of California, Davis
26. University of California, Irvine
27. University of California, Los Angeles
28. University of California, Merced
29. University of California, Riverside
30. University of California, San Diego
31. University of California, San Francisco
32. University of California, Santa Barbara
33. University of California, Santa Cruz
34. University of Southern California
35. University of Colorado at Boulder
36. University of Connecticut
37. University of Iowa
38. University of Maine at Farmington
39. University of Miami
40. University of Washington
41. University of Wisconsin–Madison
42. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
43. Ursinus College
44. Washington State University
45. Western Washington University

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 29, 2008

External links

• The WRC's description of the DSP and the debate surrounding it
• Statements opposing the DSP by the Fair Labor Association