Nike CSR Corporate social responsibility can be defined as the "economic‚ legal‚ ethical‚ and discretionary expectations that society has of organisations at a given point in time" (Carroll and Buchholtz 2003‚ p. 36). The concept of corporate social responsibility means that organizations have moral‚ ethical‚ and philanthropic responsibilities in addition to their responsibilities to earn a fair return for investors and comply with the law. A traditional view of the corporation suggests that its
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Case 2: Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Nike is a prolific international company with humble origins that has come to be known as a premium provider of athletic apparel and other assorted items. The Nike “swoosh” is one of a host of logos/symbols that can be recognized the world over. However‚ the beginnings of Nike are far more pedestrian than their global organization today. Nike is a company that was founded in 1972 by former University of Oregon track star Phil Knight. Though it may have had
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NIKE‚ INC.: COST OF CAPITAL Professor Meiberger By Sebastian Gomez Team 5 Cohort: Front The portfolio manager for NorthPoint Group‚ Kimi Ford was deciding if she should pitch in and draw Nike within NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund. Nike‚ which did not have the strongest fiscal year results in 2001‚ was implementing new strategies to heighten its revenue and income. Kimi Ford‚ after having carefully read reports by analyst‚ and their input within this publicly traded company decided to emphasize
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I. OVERVIEW about the investment fund (8 slides) 1. The concept and function of investment funds (2 slides) 2. Classification of investment funds (3 slides) a. Based on the mobilization b. Based on the capital operating structure (Căn cứ vào cấu trúc vận động vốn) c. Based on the structure and operation of the fund (Căn cứ vào cơ cấu tổ chức và hoạt động của quỹ 3. Organizational model (vi du thôi‚ làm English nhé) (1 slides) 4. Performance Evaluation Standard of Investment Funds (2 slides)
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org/files/u5/LRNGlobalIntegrity.pdf Nike Corporation In this essay‚ I will attempt to present an analysis of the ethics and social responsibility issues that an organization can face when it is a global organization. One of the most recognized organizations globally would without a doubt have to be the Nike Corporation. Several years ago the Nike Corporation came under fire for using child labor in Pakistan and Cambodia to make their soccer balls. Because Nike came under fire for this unethical and inhumane
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CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. DESIGN PRINCIPLE 3. CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION a. Power supply b. Under voltage/over voltage detector c. NOR Gate (OR and NOT gate) d. Bi-stable / Latch e. Relay driver f. Buzzer Driver 4. FUTURE EXPANSION 5. CONCLUSION INTRODUCTION The protection system is one o the important aspect on which major manufacturers is concentrating. The companies like L&T‚ SIMENS etc. The protection system not only provides durability
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Globalisation a11d Nike GLOBALISATION Globalisation is the growing relations of international markets and it involves the economic activity in the production of goods and services among countries. It involves aspects such as growth and productivity‚ employment and skills wages and unequal distribution in wages both internationally as within a country. Hence‚ the belief that globalisation leads to growth is present all over both the works of Friedman and Norberg‚ but can be illustrated by a quote
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Nike Advertisement Analysis Every day many Americans sit back and watch the world go by‚ dreaming of getting out and reaching their personal ambitions. Although everyone has goals in mind to achieve‚ success depends on the drive he or she has inside. Imagine a shoe that can supplement that motivational drive. The Nike advertisement creates a conceptual situation that a running shoe can take a person anywhere they want. The caption states this running shoe will be there to give you motivation‚ “if
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on its capital structure. In my opinion Ms. Ford has correctly assumed Nikes cost of debt and cost of equity. Her projection for cost of debt uses the Japanese yen notes ranging from 2.0%-4.3%. Since she used the higher range of 4.3%‚ that will eliminate any overly optimistic projections and should leave us with a realistic assumption. Some people can argue that she should of used the multiple costs of capital approach since Nike operates in many different sectors within the sporting apparel industry;
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About Nike Case 6.1: How to Make Money (D) – Near Automatic Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman started their company with a vision of serving the athlete. That vision was shared by their first employees‚ who were committed to the company but who needed more detailed directions: They needed to know what was appropriate and what wasn’t when it came to conducting company activities. Knight responded by issuing a list of guiding principles at a crucial time in the company’s history. It was 1977‚ and the
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