The Temple of Athena Nike was designed by Kallikrates as part of the Parthenon out of marble. During its inception‚ the greatest Athenian architects and sculptures of the Classical period a play in its design. Followers built the temple as a way to worship the Gods of war and it stood as a symbol of the military and political strength of the Athenians. Athena was celebrated with the hopes of bringing victory. Athena is the virgin Goddess of reason‚ intelligent activity‚ arts and literature. She is
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Case Study about the CSR of Nike prepared by Paul SOMER TABLE OF CONTENTS • Background of the implementation of CSR at Nike (besides the existing legal commitment) • Activities of Nike regarding CSR • Responsibility by impementing the Environmental Apparel Design Tool • • Nike Responsibility Governance Conclusion and future prospects BACKGROUND FOR CSR OF NIKE • In 1992 it became public that Nike produces in Indonesia at minimum wages • Strike in the production
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April. 2014 Most of the Nike products provide excellent proof of their product’s use. For example Nike has an advertisement that features Usain Bolt advertising Nike’s shoes and Gatorade. Besides Usain Bolt‚ there is a cheetah which symbolizes speed of the shoe which he races the cheetah across Africa’s wild to also represent the endurance of the shoes. He also drinks a Gatorade to rebuild stamina and starts the race again. The advertisers of the Nike advertisement appeal to the everyday
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Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager of North Point Group a large mutual fund management firm‚ is looking into the viability of investing in the stocks of Nike for the fund that she manages. Ford should base her decision on data on the company which were disclosed in the 2001 fiscal reports. While Nike management addressed several issues that are causing the decrease in market sales and prices of stocks‚ management presented its plans to improve and
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brands were Nike‚ Adidas and Puma. Once we had our brands‚ we had to discuss our objectives and from which company’s perspective were we conducting research for. We chose the brand Nike‚ as it has one of the most recognized symbols in the world. Our research was conducted as though we were working for the brand manager of Nike‚ in an approach to analyze Nike’s strengths and weaknesses by comparing them to the other brands of Adidas and Puma. From there‚ we wanted to determine what areas Nike needs to
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1. In referring to the opening profile and the closing case for this chapter‚ discuss the challenges regarding corporate social responsibility that companies in the apparel industry face in its supply chains around the world? In 2005‚ Nike released reports of multiple audits it conducted in its supply chain. Said report brought to light serious unethical violations. In half of the shops visited‚ workers were being poorly treated. The victims have little or no access to water and restrooms during
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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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paper describes the organizational culture of the gaming industry giant: Nintendo. By providing a brief background of Nintendo’s uprising into the video game era‚ we examine their corporate culture‚ and general theory of action‚ to identify how this company has reached its status and how its culture has affected the job performance and commitment of its employees. In order to better understand the cultural components of Nintendo we viewed the official Nintendo Website‚ online interviews from former employees
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Introduction to Management (BM007-3-1) Group Assignment Lecturer’s name: Farahida Binti Abdul Jaafar Group: 7 Nike Company 1) Tan Jack Yong (Group Leader) TP 028374 2) Wong Yun Hwa TP 031170 3) Wong Kok Ken TP 028739 4) Rustem Kabykey TP 030566 Table of Content NO Title Pages Person In Charge
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but a rare pair of late 1970s Nike track racing shoes called Nike Vainqueur‚ and this wasn’t just an ordinary occasion to me either‚ for these old shoes of mine were to be worn that day for the first time in nearly 30 years by my 16 year old son Jeremy. I think we were both a little nervous that morning as we both prepared for him to race in his first athletics carnival at his new high school. My very first pair of Nike running shoes were a bright blue pair of Nike Waffle trainers which I wore
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