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    The argument for those that support the idea of sweatshops is that they provide some form of standard in living in an otherwise developing/poor company. Because these factories are mostly in poverty rich countries where it is hard to find any form of income‚ these job at least provide some source of income that would otherwise not be available. These arguments could be supported that the jobs help boost the developing countries. Sweatshops do not follow the standards and ethics of the parent company

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    Sweatshop Effect on Nike

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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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    Part 1: Intellectual Standards- “The vast majority of Transterra’s college apparel is manufactured in a factory in Honduras which employs primarily women and children who operate under horrific conditions.” The author is violating the intellectual standards of precision and breadth. The author does not provide enough details to emphasis that the company employs primarily women and children. It could be possible that everyone has a different meaning to horrific conditions. In other countries it

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    that seem to go on forever. Imagine young women who have aged too fast sitting behind these machines working their life away. These women are slaving away making the clothes many United States companies are selling today. Yes‚ the U.S. has made sweatshops illegal within its borders‚ but its companies are still greatly involved with them. Many companies have just outsourced their productions to foreign countries due to the outlaw

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    Part I: Four Universal Intellectual Standard Errors and Corrections In the essay “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops” pertaining Cromwell College sweatshirts‚ the information gathered was from Cromwell Clarion‚ the school paper. An “investigation” report was made by the WorldWeave Foundation (a nonprofit organization funded by American garment workers’ union). The first violation of the Universal Intellectual Standards is the accuracy. The statistics of how many minors and females for the company’s total

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    Nike Sweatshop Labor

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    “Just Do It”‚ is also the violator of several labour practices. To begin‚ the creation of Nike shoes is accomplished in sweatshops in Indonesia‚ China‚ and Vietnam (Global Exchange‚ n.d.). On a typical day in Vietnam‚ Nike shoes are manufactured in a factory where human dignity is nonexistence. These violating practices are similar to the Dhaka factories‚ in which Vietnam sweatshops are forced to lock their doors despite the fire hazards associated with it (Global Exchange‚ n.d.). The workers must

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    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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    With equity-linked saving scheme (ELSS) or tax-saving mutual fund (MF) schemes on their way out effective April 2013 if the proposed direct taxes codea (DTC) kicks in by then‚ Budget 2012 has provided some sort of an alternative. However‚ unlike ELSS that is a mutual fund‚ the new option will in all probabilities solicit direct investments in equities. About the scheme and its features Right now there are about 3.5 crore equity investors in India‚ but over 10 crore people earn more than Rs 2 lakh

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    nike and sweatshops labor

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    themselves and their dependents. Lastly you should consider Henry Ford’s Famous quote "The more I pay my workers‚ the more modal "T"s they can buy. 2. What do you think Nike’s executives might have done differently to prevent the sensitive charges of sweatshop labor in overseas factories? For a start build safe modern facilities and pay a decent prevailing wage scale. Of course if the appropriate wage for the area is $ .90/hr and there is little in the way of local Health & Safety regulations. it is

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    According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ oppression is a concept that means unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power. At first‚ it was difficult for me to fully comprehend the meaning of oppression. However‚ following our class readings‚ this concept has become clearer to me. As mentioned by Simone Weil‚ “Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed

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