Ethical issues regarding Sweatshops Michelle Rice Business Ethics Jacqueline Newkirk Remember when you were at the mall the last time and saw a pair of Nike shoes that you just couldn’t live without? You had to buy them‚ for a pricey cost‚ and just loved them‚ right? We all have owned a pair or two of Nike shoes in our life. They were the “cool” shoes to have back when I was in school. The thing that we may not have known is that Nike has been using “children as young as fifteen years old”
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1. Intellectual property refers to the legal section of an idea. It allows businesses and the owners‚ innovators and creators to have their work protected and to prevent it from being copied. There are different ways you can protect your intellectual property: copyright‚ trademarks and patents. 2. It is important to protect your rights to intellectual property as it stops people from stealing or copying the names of your products or brands; your inventions; the design or look of your products; things
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that seem to go on forever. Imagine young women who have aged too fast sitting behind these machines working their life away. These women are slaving away making the clothes many United States companies are selling today. Yes‚ the U.S. has made sweatshops illegal within its borders‚ but its companies are still greatly involved with them. Many companies have just outsourced their productions to foreign countries due to the outlaw
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Intellectual disability Intellectual disability‚ also known as mental retardation‚ is a term used when there are limits to a person’s ability to learn at an expected level and function in daily life. Levels of intellectual disability vary greatly in children – from a very slight problem to a very severe problem. Children with intellectual disability might have a hard time letting others know their wants and needs‚ and taking care of themselves. Intellectual disability could cause a child to learn
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On intellectual craftsmanship C. Wright Mills TO THE INDIVIDUAL social scientist who feels himself a part of the classic tradition‚ social science is the practice of a craft. A man at work on problems of substance‚ he is among those who are quickly made impatient and weary by elaborate discussions of method-and-theory-in-general; so much of it interrupts his proper studies. It is much better‚ he believes‚ to have one account by a working student of how he is going about his work than a dozen
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“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 are similar to the Dhaka factories‚ in which Vietnam sweatshops are forced to lock their doors despite the fire hazards associated with it (Global Exchange‚ n.d.). The workers must
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Terms in a standard form contract Implied terms These are terms that are implied by acts of legislation. The acts to consider are: • Sales of goods act (1979) • Sales of goods and services act (1989) Express terms These terms are written down and agreed upon at the time of the contracts. They will fall into one of three categories: • Conditions (major terms) • Warranties (minor terms) • Innominate terms (not defined until broken) Impact of terms These specific terms are terms that can
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term Intellectual Disability. There are several types of Cognitive Functions from mild to severe that coincide to people who have some form of Intellectual Disability that are viewed. The test of a person IQ is one of the main assessments that are used to diagnose a person experiencing an Intellectual Disability. People with Intellectual Disabilities experience Cognitive difficulties in: memory‚ reading‚ math‚ visual‚ speech‚ cognition‚ and meta-cognition. The research that was conducted from peer
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NATURE OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY Intellectual Disability (ID) is also known as “Mental Retardation” (MR). The term MR was replaced to the term ID by the doctors‚ professionals and health care practitioners because of the undesirable or negative connotation in our society. In 2010‚ President Obama signed the S. 2781 (111th): Rosa’s Law‚ A bill to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability‚ and to change references to a mentally retarded
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Intellectual Disabilities Throughout the history of mankind it has been noted that no person is the same. Everybody is unique in their own way shape or form. However some people differ from the average humans from rare disorders or illnesses which separate them from living a normal life. Did you know one in five Americans experienced some sort of mental illness in 2010‚ according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration? About 5 percent of Americans have
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