CASE ANALYSIS NIKE THE SWEATSHOP DEBATE Summary of the Facts Nike was established in 1972 by former University of Oregon track star Phil Knight. ... Nike has $10 billion in annual revenues and sells its products in 140 countries. ... Nike has been dogged for more than a decade by repeated accusations that its products are made in sweatshops where workers‚ many of them children‚ slave away in hazardous conditions for less than subsistence wages. ... Many reporters‚ TV shows‚ companies and organizations
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Management | Case Study Analysis: Nike‚ Inc. and Sweatshops | | | | | Ethics refer to what is defined as right or wrong in the morality of human beings and social issues are matters which could directly or indirectly affect a person or many members of a society. In this case study‚ Nike has been accused of subjecting employees in their subcontracted factories overseas to work in inhumane conditions for low wages. The CEO and cofounder of Nike lamented that “The Nike product has become
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SWEATSHOPS: UNLOCKING THE POWER OF POVERTY Introduction How should Global Corporations behave in a period of Globalisation filled with International competitors and cheap imitators? It has been argued that such competitive pressure is likely to create new lows in global labour standards. In an attempt to remain competitive‚ Corporations cut costs by paying lower wages‚ hiring child labour‚ and imposing unsanitary working conditions on their workers. From this perspective‚ globalization is
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Sweatshop is defined as a factory or workshop‚ especially in the clothing industry‚ where manual workers are employed at very low wages for long hours and under poor conditions. Sweatshops also referred to as the “sweat factory”‚ creates a hazardous and unhealthy working environment for employees such as the exposure to harmful materials‚ dangerous situations‚ extreme temperatures and abuse from employers. Sweatshop workers work for long hours‚ sometimes without taking any breaks‚ and these workers
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shoppers only knew that over 168 million children are making their clothes and other products in factories and clothing sweatshops‚ would they still buy the clothes? According to the U.S. Department of Labor‚ sweatshops are defined as factories that violate
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Sweatshops and Child Labor In this book‚ Where Am I Wearing‚ Kelsey Timmerman travels around the world in search of the factories and people making his clothes. Through this book Timmerman sheds light on the realities of sweatshops and child labor in developing countries. What Timmerman is trying to say and trying to get us to feel is that sweatshops aren’t necessarily a bad thing in some instances they’re the best means of survival for some families. Families in these countries would be out
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The rise and fall of sweatshop labor in the United States have had major effects on the global garment industry. The effects of sweatshop labor are still debated today because we still struggle over the morality of sweatshops (Ross‚ 50). It is problematic to think that “Sweatshops aren’t that bad. You can live like a king on those wages in other countries because everything is so cheap and they don’t have the same expenses we do in the United States” (Kelley). We can analyze this statement by applying
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Nike Sweatshops Slavery or Opportunity? Nike-Helping the poor Thesis- In the past Nike has had problems with sweatshops‚ but the company is helping the poor and has changed in many ways. I. Problems A. Worker wages 1. How much they get paid 2. Can they fulfill their basic needs 3. Can they support a family B. Quality of environment 1. Conditions they live in 2. Type of protection they use against harm 3. Chemicals or solvents they used to make a product with II. Improvements A. Sweatshops
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name Nike they think of great footwear‚ quality apparel and top of the line athletic merchandise. People wear the Nike swooshes with pride‚ thinking what they are wearing will improve their own personal athletic goals‚ or simply boost their self-confidence. Also‚ people purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. Nike being in the market‚ has opened so many doors for athletes and being in the media and advertising positive social values. Nike is a
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Sweatshops Global economics operate at an extremely expedient pace. Producing goods and services efficiently and quickly is the focus of thousands of corporations. These corporations are constantly competing to gain an advantage that will increase profits. Opportunities for capital investment and expansion are discovered daily. Unfortunately‚ many times these massive corporations can be linked to unjust labor practices occurring in developing countries. Companies such as Nike‚ Microsoft‚ and Apple
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