Running head: Nike and the Sweatshop Debate Nike the Sweatshop Debate Shelia D. Marshall Global Strategies MGT 448 Shabbir Karim October 12‚ 2009 Nike the Sweatshop Debate Beneath all the hoopla and controversy about Nike being a successful company in the United States in which its earnings in 2009 according to Hoovers Inc.‚ 2009‚ Nike’s revenue for 2009 was $19‚ 176.1 million and their gross profit was $8‚604.4 million‚ made possible by the hands of women and underage workers
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responsibility to being an American citizen is two have a job and fix cars. Fixing cars is a major job and I don’t think that someone should do a half job on it because if you don’t have a car that’s properly running it could potentially mess up and injure people even yourself and others around you. One thing I think is a responsibility of being an American citizen is to have a job. Because if we all have jobs no one will be going hungry‚ there will be more responsible citizens and I think less crime involving
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– the location of corporate social responsibility • Do you agree with that “others have a legitimate claim on the corporation (a reply by Freeman to Friedman’s remark)”? • The idea of socially responsible corporations • Which are the major stakeholders to which corporation should be responsible to? • List: ▫ CSR companies (in HK and other countries) ▫ Non-CSR companies (in HK
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can be dissected into three broad categories; Social Responsibility‚ Economic Responsibility‚ and Environmental Responsibility. Below is the breakdown of these three categories. Social Responsibility: “We’re committed to being a good corporate citizen through initiatives that creates public parks for the children‚ volunteerism‚ and charity awareness.” Through initiatives that Netflix has started in the communities that we share a public space with‚ we have started the Netflix Public Park program
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why ethical investments are so significant‚ what was the past stand on ethical investments‚ the current stand on ethical investments and lastly where would ethical investments place be in the future. "Ethical investments also known as socially responsible investments provide a positive way for individuals to match their ideals and principles with their investments. The aim of most ethical investment funds is to achieve medium to long-term capital growth and/or income growth through investments in
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reputations of the company -> causes the fall of the stock price He did not make principled decisions or risk management but to withdraw all his capital before the stock crashed -> devaluating the shareholder value by committing fraud and not being responsible Example Ethics Moral code of conduct for what is right and wrong Example 1: Enron – hid financial losses using the mark to market accounting Made their projected profits listed under their actual profits within their financial books Shareholders
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Responsible Investing Values-Driven and Profit-Seeking (S)RI Dr. Jeroen Derwall November 20‚ 2012 Equity Analysis and Portfolio Management (EBC4112) – Week 4 Agenda What is (S)RI and related concepts Equity RI: theory and evidence “Values” and “social norms”: what are the effects of ethical exclusion on returns? What do we need to know to obtain positive returns/alpha? Errors in expectations Segmentation of the SRI movement solves “performance puzzle” Both controversial
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SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT: IS IT PROFITABLE?∗ PHOEBUS J. DHRYMES Columbia University July 1997; revised June 1998 1 What is Socially Responsible? Before we can answer the question we posed in the title‚ we need to define just what is “socially” responsible. Evidently‚ the meaning varies with time and place‚ since social responsibility is defined by a group’s cultural and ethical values. For example in the middle ages lending with interest was not considered ethical‚ let alone “socially
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Environment Report 2009‚ I found that the company is not only focusing on its financial performance‚ but also on social and environmental external effects. A critical analysis of this reporting practice suggests that the Warehouse is not truly responsible socially and environmentally but more a public relation exercise of the company. The Warehouse was established in 1982 to operate some discount stores. The company has over 7‚600 employees in the all network stores and has 253 stores through
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Topic: Nike marketing strategy‚ social responsibility‚ and diversity. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the marketing strategy‚ environmental and social commitment and diversity of Nike company Brief: In my presentation‚ I will be talking about Nike’s marketing strategy and its social responsibility MARKETING A) INTRODUCTION § Preview – Because Nike’s success largely depends on its shrewd marketing strategy‚ I will be explaining to you the importance of marketing to Nike
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