Nike CSR Corporate social responsibility can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organisations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. A traditional view of the corporation suggests that its
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CASE STUDY Q1. What could Nike as a particular Company do to ensure that their associate contract manufacturers‚ all over the world comply with minimum standards of corporate governance in their factories‚ even before they were engaged? Ans1. Nike company should deliver a legal enviironment to the manufacturing factories with which the company is carrying out its contaracts all over the world inorder to support these factories to be able to encourage the ecnomic activity all over the world which
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8/27/13 EXPLANATION OF LEADERSHIP AND ITS USE IN THE NIKE CORPORATION EXPLANATION OF LEADERSHIP AND ITS USE IN THE NIKE CORPORATION Nike is the authority of all action artifact providers. Nike’s business is on an all-around scale‚ abundant beyond than best American articles today. Nike is one of the best accepted domiciliary names in American society‚ if you alive in this decade you own a Nike artifact no amount what it is. There are abounding Nike articles you can accept from the account is about
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policies implemented by the organisation Nike when faced with an issue‚ to critically assess the effectiveness of these policies and lastly to offer recommendations. Company Background Based in Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ Nike Inc. is one of the world’s major distributors of sportswear and equipment with its operations spanning across the worlds six continents in over 160 countries (nikebiz‚ 2011). Nike is the world’s leading designer‚ marketer and distributor of authentic
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Report: The Travails of Nike INTRODUCTION Nike‚ Inc. is a world’s leading supplier and a major manufacturer of athletic shoes and sports apparel. It was founded on January 25th‚ 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. It officially became Nike‚ Inc. in 1978. Currently their brands include Nike Golf‚ Nike Pro‚ Nike+‚ Air Jordan and Nike Skateboarding‚ while their subsidiaries are Cole Haan‚ Hurley International‚ Umbro and Converse. During this stage‚ the Nike brand has become so
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maturing market in athletic shoes. There is also a growing adverse demographic change in the marketplace brought about by the sweatshop expose that Nike has not overcome yet. Effects to Nike’s growth are also affected not only by domestic economy but also by the international economy. The continued weak Euro and Asian recession could potentially hurt Nikes international sales and growth. Nike’s extreme sports product line is seen as inferior quality compared to competitors and is hurting sales and
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Economic Indicators Paper What does it mean when someone refers to the health of an economy? Furthermore‚ how can one classify an economy? Americans love to quantify data. Because of this inherent need to compare data‚ economists have developed a way to collect nearly every type of statistics that may reveal the general health of the economy. These statistics actually tell if the economy is productive and efficient or if it is slow and inefficient. Included in these statistics are Gross Domestic
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Company Overviews Nike In 1964 in Oregon‚ Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman join together to make a new enterprise; each contributed about $500 to the partnership. The company started bringing low priced and high tech athletic shoes from Japan to replace the German domination of athletic shoes in the industry. In 1971‚ a graphic design student created the Swoosh trademark for a $35 fee. In the same year Jeff Johnson‚ Blue Ribbon Sports ’ first employee‚ made his most durable contribution to the
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valuable resource for Nike. Cutting costs by employing workers at a reduced rate or paying less for plant operation allows Nike to invest the additional profits into other areas of the business such as advertising‚ thereby increasing the potential for company growth. In addition‚ decreased operational costs are more likely to attract and retain company investors because more money can go into increasing business profitability. Increases Competitiveness * Because Nike is able to more efficiently
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HIV/AIDS-related Stigma and Discrimination: A Conceptual Framework and an Agenda for Action Horizons Program HIV/AIDS-related Stigma and Discrimination: A Conceptual Framework and an Agenda for Action Richard Parker and Peter Aggleton with Kathy Attawell‚ Julie Pulerwitz‚ and Lisanne Brown Acknowledgements We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Anne Malcolm (Sydney‚ Australia) and Miriam Maluwa (UNAIDS‚ Geneva) to our thinking about these issues. Anne undertook one of the
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