“Nike: The Sweatshop Debate” Nike was established in 1972 by a Oregon State University track star Phil Knight and for as long as I can remember Nike has had the slogan of “Just Do it”. Is that Nike’s mind frame when it comes to working too? Do they tell their employees to Just do it‚ and stop complaining is that how Nike got tangled up in the Sweatshop Debate. Nike is a huge organization known most for making popular‚ fashionable sports gear. Over time Nike managed to become one of the largest
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| 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 synonymous
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Nike: The Sweatshop Debate (Case Study)In today ’s business world‚ a company ’s ethical behavior is constantly under the microscope; and more specifically‚ the larger the company‚ the more intense the magnification. Unethical behavior and what some even characterize as evil behavior‚ has been witnessed as a practice of some global companies. Surprisingly‚ one of the most recognizable companies in the world was once at the forefront of scrutiny and judgment for its unethical practices. Established
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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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Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Case Study Brenda Borders MGT/448 June 20‚ 2011 Gregory Flick Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Case Study Nike was established in 1972 and is a leading marketer of athletic shoes and apparel. Nike operates in more than 160 countries‚ directly or indirectly employs nearly one million people‚ and for the fiscal year ended 2010 reported revenues of $19 billion. (nikebiz.com) Nike has consistently been accused of‚ criticized for‚ and protested against‚ for using sweatshops
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Flexible Specialisation and the persistence of the sweatshop Sweatshops are known to be a mass of workers mass-producing goods they may never be able to afford themselves. The sweatshop rose to meaning as work moved off the farm and into the city‚ and employers found a limitless amount of so called labourers to make their products. The low entry costs and high labour intensity linked with the textile industry tended to concentrate sweatshops in clothing production. As industrialization grew‚ labour
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Quick facts on sweatshops; > Girls between the ages of 15 and 25 make 85% of the workforce in sweatshops >Up to 75% of a sweatshop worker’s income is spent on necessities such as food‚ clothes‚ etc. >on average workers have a 60-80 hour workweek in a sweatshop > in china‚ 2009‚ about 1‚000‚000 workers were injured on the job and 20‚000 got sick from their work in hazardous conditions >Workers are forced to handle dangerous chemicals and glues in sweatshops with little or no protection > A child working
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Sweatshops Throughout the years‚ United States businesses have had to face protests from government officials‚ labor leaders‚ and student organizations due to employing sweatshop labor. If you are unaware of what sweatshops are‚ they are generally characterized as a place of employment that have very low pay‚ very long hours of work‚ and terribly poor working conditions. After hearing this‚ most people would assume that is awful and they should be illegal and banned immediately from all countries
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In this day and age‚ multinational corporations control the market‚ the time of the local taylor and mom-and pop stores are over. While these companies sell goods in 1st world countries‚ their produce comes from sweatshops primarily in developing nations. Sweatshops are not legal; they are defined by the US Department of Labor as factories that violates 2 or more labor laws. The government of these third world countries and the corporations are at fault. While they line their pockets‚ their workers
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Sweatshop: Sweat Not! “It’s [cheap labor] the fastest-growing criminal market in the world‚” (Edmondson 149) Gail Edmondson writes in an article discussing cheap labor. Economic growth has always been a large interest for most countries. Due to many high unemployment rates‚ corporations take advantage of the lower classes by enforcing cheap labor. Cheap labor is the employment of people with very low wages‚ under poor or unsafe conditions. Since people in the lower class do not have much money‚ they
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