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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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    Under Umbrella of Sweatshops in China Have you ever wondered where your clothes are coming from? In what conditions are they made? When you are buying an expensive Nike shirt‚ do you know that your t- shirt was made in a sweatshop In China‚ where the minimal wage is 55 cent per hour.1 Some Chinese companies routinely shortchange their employees on wages‚ withhold health benefits and expose their workers to dangerous conditions. For example‚ the PBS documentary “China Blue” shows what life is

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    “Blood‚ Sweat‚ and Tears: Whose do you wear?” The issue of sweatshop labor is commonly underestimated in the world that we live in. It is often placed on the back burner due to the fact that many believe it does not directly have an impact on their life. However‚ this is not entirely true. The practice of this inhumane and poor quality labor has drastic impacts on the pricing of garments from many clothing companies from around the world. Even if one does not take advantage of this labor‚ their prices

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    Naomi Klein addresses the issue women workers face while working in sweatshops. When women hit around their twenties they are laid off‚ because they no longer have the proper fingers for the job. Naomi Klein says that 90% of sweatshops workers are women it made me think why do women face such hard conditions. In the video‚ we watched in class los angeles one of the women asked about her rights she was laid off. This made me think how little workers have a choice in the amount of hours they work.

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    In today’s modern society‚ fashion is as big as ever‚ but what exactly is fashion? And at what price are we willing to pay to get the latest craze on the high-street? Well don’t worry because we’ve sent some of our top journalists around the globe to experience an adventure and report straight back to you. We’ll find out exactly how far big companies are willing to go to get the clothes the customer wants. Here are some questions sent in by you readers at home about the research

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    integrity of the securities markets" (The Treasury‚ 2006). As a consequence a number of countries have reviewed their arrangements for independent oversight of the auditing profession. The United States‚ for example‚ has introduced tough external audit regulation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Canada has also introduced a regulator with extensive powers‚ including a national inspections unit as independent monitor of major audits‚ while the British and Australian solutions are based mainly on oversight

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    Piyush Choubey BUS 216: Business Ethics Dr. Scott Browne November 9th‚ 2014 An Ethical Debate for Sweatshop Labor Business ethics seeks to address issues that arise while doing business internationally. Not all states enforce ethical standards for business. Consequently‚ the global community regards the conditions of workers in certain states‚ particularly in the developing world‚ to be in direct violation of human rights. With the emergence of globalization‚ there are now low transaction and

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    Sweatshops Sweatshops play a major role in third world countries. More than 150 million people work in these sweatshops in developing countries. Most of these sweatshop workers are children between the ages of 5 and 14. Many sweatshops are focused on the manufacturing of clothing. Several of these clothing facilities are located most commonly in Central America‚ South America‚ Asia‚ and parts of Europe. Large companies such as Nike and GAP have been discovered to use sweatshops. Although sweatshop

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    Sweatshops are factories in which workers have to work for long hours‚they don’t get paid a lot of money‚ and unsafe working conditions. They are usually located in Central America‚ South America‚ Asia‚ China‚ India and some parts of Europe. Sweatshops are created because it is an easy way for companies to get profit by downsizing how much the cost of production was. In order for companies to lower costs‚ they look for places with low wages. People should boycott sweatshops. They get paid horribly

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    Kenneth Ferguson Sweatshop labor is something that has been going on longer than I have been alive‚ but has gotten a lot more attention lately. Since many American companies have been moving to some underdeveloped countries where they can get the same work done‚ for pennies on a dollar. This amounts to million dollar savings and benefits for the company‚ but at what expense? This is a question that is being debated all over the country. Sweatshop; a shop or factory in which employees

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