CHAPTER TEN The following morning‚ I try on my tennis clothes. I glance in the bedroom mirror. Yuck. The skirt is too short‚ and the top fits snug. I grab my racket and swing. Not bad. At least‚ Michael knew which racket was right for me. I sit on the bed to check my emails when I notice several texts. One if from Zack‚ the art director‚ who tells me that Simon’s driving him crazy. And that my office is ready‚ down the hall from his. I reply. “Chill if possible. See you on Monday.” The second
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coaches are highly appreciated‚ no one might acknowledge the great contribution of people like Janu Akther‚ a 22-year-old man who works in sweatshops in Bangladesh to produce American collegiate apparel―an indispensable part of the game. An $18 baseball cap can be a joy of many American people to wear but a dirty exploitation device in Akther’s mind. As a sweatshop laborer‚ he works every day from early morning until late night in miserable conditions of heat and dangerous machine. Each hour laboring
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Case Study: The Nike Sweatshop Debate � PAGE * Arabic �1� Case Study: The Nike Sweatshop Debate Established in 1972 by former University of Oregon track star Phil Knight‚ Nike is one of the leading global designers and marketers of athletic shoes and apparel. The organizations "swoosh" logo and "Just Do It!" marketing phrase are among the most recognizable logos in history. Nike has annual revenues of $15 billion and sells its products in over 140 countries. The corporation does not manufacture
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Recently‚ however‚ Nike came under worldwide criticism for its practice of hiring workers for such a low rate of pay “next to nothing” in the words of critics and condoning poor working conditions in host countries. Initially‚ Nike denied the sweatshop charges and lashed out at critics. But later‚ the company began monitoring
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For several organizations Nike had become a symbol of the evils of globalization as the company became a target for accusations that products were manufactured in "sweatshops" using child labor‚ working excessive hours under hazardous conditions while being paid sub-standard wages. This paper‚ based on the case study Nike: The Sweatshop Debate authored by Charles W. L. Hill in his book International Business: Competing in the Global Marketplace (2009) will analyze the legal‚ cultural and ethical challenges
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standard to other developing countries‚ there is a tremendous gap in income per capita. In 2008‚ the average monthly income for an unskilled chinese worker is approximately 500 a month‚ while a sweatshops typical employee make slighter above that by 100 U.S. dollar. Unlike most jobs in China‚ these sweatshop offer bonus‚ health benefits‚ housing and meals to their employees. While this course of action reduce cost‚ it also created jobs in
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| Corporate Sustainability Management | 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
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“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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PPGB12 “In Praise of Cheap Labor: Bad Jobs at Bad Wages are better than No Jobs at All” by Paul Krugman Costandoi Diana Salihu Muhammad Rayyan Bello A. Author’s position * Globalization brings about rapid developments of countries. While wages and working conditions in the new export industries of the Third World Nations are appalling‚ they have been big improvement over “the previous‚ less visible rural poverty”. This can be attributed to the extension of MNC to Third World
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In this era of internet purchasing‚ sweatshops have become a common way to produce goods in a quick and cheap manner. Sweatshops are great for suppliers because they don’t require them to pay their labor much‚ if anything at all. Manufactures who run sweatshops commonly use forced labor or child labor. Many of these people are stateless/migrant workers who aren’t protected by law. Sweatshops are a human rights violation that must be brought to an end‚ and it is up to the companies who outsource to
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