"Nike is criticized for using sweatshops in countries like Indonesia and Mexico. The company has been subject to much critical coverage of the often poor working conditions and the exploitativeness of the cheap overseas labor." answers.com 1. Should Nike be held responsible for working conditions in foreign factories that it does not own‚ but where sub-contractors make product for Nike? Yes‚ but I do not believe that the firm is 100% responsible since it is the sub-contractors who operate
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Political Analysis With the increased monitoring and enforcement of labour practices; Nike being in the public spotlight and subject to negative publicity on their subcontracted factories is forced to readjust the working conditions of their cross ocean factory workers to abide with proper regulations. This has caused Nike to modify their factory standards and employee working conditions by; limiting the maximum hours worked a week‚ implementing proper ventilation systems to filter out toxic fumes
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1. In referring to the opening chapter and closing case for this chapter‚ discuss the challenges discussing corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in its supply chains around the world? a. Apparel manufacturers and distributors face many unethical horizons when conducting business overseas. There primary goal in outsourcing is to reduce costs anywhere deemed possible. Although‚ companies such as Nike fall into a slippery slope when production is high‚ exposure
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Joanna Cohen’s WACC calculation because she mistakenly used historical data to estimate the future cost of debt. Joanna calculated the cost of debt by taking the interest expense for 2001 and dividing it by the average debt balance. The cost of debt for Nike is the effective rate that it pays on its current debt‚ meaning the yield to maturity of bonds should be used to make an estimate instead of the average debt balance. Through the use of past data‚ the average balance of debt‚ the 4.3% before-tax cost
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A Case Analysis of Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Mindi Merritt Class Fall 2014 Instructor’s Name Introduction Nike is a hugely successful global industry that designs and markets shoes and apparel (Coakley & Kates‚ 2013). Most of Nike’s products are subcontracted and manufactured overseas in countries such as China‚ India‚ Vietnam‚ Indonesia and Korea. For decades‚ Nike has been embroiled in controversy where critics claim its products are manufactured in foreign factories with substandard
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Preventing Discrimination in the Workplace This paper is to examine three possible methods for assuring a non-discriminatory work environment. Policy making and enforcement‚ supervisor and employee training‚ and zero tolerance initiatives will be discussed. Policy Making The first method is to create policies governing the operation of the employer/office regarding discrimination. Each type of discrimination (race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ and national origin) should be clearly defined and
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Nike Case Study By Mark Colasurdo‚ Andrew McMullen‚ Jonathan Burd‚ Gaoxing Feng‚ and Jie Leng Background: Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at North Point Group‚ is looking into the profitability of investing in the stocks of Nike for her fund that she manages. She is supposed to base her decision the company’s data which was disclosed in the 2001 fiscal reports. While Nike management had addressed several issues that are causing the decrease in market sales and stock price‚ management presented
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NIKE ANALYSIS The Weight Average Cost of Capital (WACC) is the firm’s cost of capital. We can think of WACC as an average representing the expected return on all of the companies’ securities. It is an extremely important number for both corporations and usually financials advisors. Corporations use this number as a minimum for evaluating their capital projects or investments. So if for example the WACC of a firm is 10% and the return on investing in a project is 4.5%‚ then the company would not
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NIKE Part 1: Organizational Analysis 2/6/2013 NIKE Part 1: Organizational Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Overview and History 4 Organizational Strategies and Innovation 5 Organizational Design and Effectiveness 6 Competitors 7 Organizational Structure 7 Board of Directors: 8 External Environment 9 Opportunities 9 Threats 9 Internal Environment 10 Strengths 10 Weaknesses 11 Competitors 11 Nike Products and Services 12 Information Technology
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------------------------------------------------- GMR INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY MODULE: Managing HR in a Global Business Environment STUDENT ID: S-00403589 TUTOR: PAUL COLDWELL [Escriba el extracto del documento aquí. El extracto es normalmente un breve resumen del contenido del documento.] I. CONTENTS I. Contents………………………………………………………………………………….1 II. Terms of Reference..…………………………………………………………………..3 III. Methodology………...………………………………………………………………….3 1. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………
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