Since the mid 1900’s Nike has been dealing with the repercussions of the sweatshop scandal‚ redeeming itself as an industry leader in ethics‚ and is learning the hard way that they should be more liable about their production. However‚ there are ways for Nike to eliminate their immoral labor practices and still be a noteworthy company. Nike‚ a well renowned and one of the largest shoe brands‚ has contracts with manufacturing companies whom use foreign workers located in such countries as China
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Nike Debate Business Aspect: ⦁ Nike is a business and their priority is to minimize cost and maximize revenue for its public shareholders ⦁ COUNTER AGRUMENT: Instead of attacking Nike‚ protest against taxes and regulations that lower the firms return on invested capital‚ leading to lower wages for the employees? (mise.org) ⦁ COUNTER AGRUMENT:Why dont we make Nike shoes in America? Shoe business in the U.S. has been non profitable since 1984. Nike had two factories in Maine and New Hampshire but
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“ The journalists could not answer. Two years later as he ended his assignment in Jakarta he told the same reporters ‚ he said. "I think I know the answer". According to him. in many countries people choose a car base on their needs. However. in Indonesia‚ most people selecting a car base on cars that are owned by a neighbor‚ a relative family‚ even co-workers. It was explained that’s why we see many very similar cars on the road‚ in housing complexes‚ parking lots at the office. at the mall‚ or
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one. This slogan was adopted at independence in 1945. This can indicate in a first approach a strongly united population‚ a country where people are allowed to practice and conserve their ethnic Identity. But this never was the general case in Indonesia. There is this insidious ordinary racism in the country that takes place in their everyday living. Because this sacred diversity is however limited to ethnic groups with claims to a territory: this includes the Javanese‚ the Sundanese and the Madurese
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COMPANY BACKGROUND Nike is the world ’s leading designer‚ marketer and distributor of athletic footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories for a range of sports and fitness activities. Nike is headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon and owns facilities in Tennessee‚ North Carolina and The Netherlands. The company operates in the Americas‚ Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Africa and Asia Pacific. Nike’s primary product focus is athletic footwear designed for specific-sport and/or leisure use. Nike is the world ’s
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Executive Summary Nike Inc. Peretti Vs. Nike: In January 2001‚ Peretti choose the word Sweatshop’ to be printed in his Nikes. Nike rejected order citing the company’s rules. In retort‚ Peretti order a pair of shoes with a colour snapshot of 10-year-old Vietnamese girl who makes my shoes". With the email exchange between Nike and Peretti being forwarded all over the world‚ it led to a huge PR Nightmare for the organization. All through Mid-1990s‚ Nike has been subjected to negative press‚
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Module 1 SLP Assignment ETH501: Business Ethics 23 Feb 2013 It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military‚ and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services. The modern army has its roots in the Continental Army which was formed on 14 June 1775‚ [2] to meet the demands of the American Revolutionary War before the establishment of the United States. The Congress of the Confederation officially created the United States Army on 3 June 1784[3] [4] after the end of the Revolutionary
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California and though up the name "NIKE" in 1971. It was around this time that Blue Ribbon Sports and Onitsuka parted ways and Bowerman and Knight set up their own brand which we know as Nike today. Nike created one of the most recognisable symbols in the world today with the Nike "Swoosh". It can be seen on all their advertising campaigns and more importantly all over the clothes of the sportsmen and women endorsing the Nike brand. The first man Nike endorsed was a track runner name Steve
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As I walk in my comfortable well-fitted Nike shoe‚ I lack the knowledge behind the journey of the shoe’s existence. The Nike brand‚ better recognized as the swoosh logo or slogan of “Just Do It”‚ is also the violator of several labour practices. To begin‚ the creation of Nike shoes is accomplished in sweatshops in Indonesia‚ China‚ and Vietnam (Global Exchange‚ n.d.). On a typical day in Vietnam‚ Nike shoes are manufactured in a factory where human dignity is nonexistence. These violating practices
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Mini Case: Nike’s Decision Nike‚ a U.S.-based company with a globally recognized brand name‚ manufactures athletic shoes in such Asian developing countries as China‚ Indonesia‚ and Vietnam using subcontractors‚ and sells the products in the U.S. and foreign markets. The company has no production facilities in the United States. In each of those Asian countries where Nike has production facilities‚ the rates of unemployment and underemployment are quite high. The wage rate is very low in those
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