Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Case Study Brenda Borders MGT/448 June 20‚ 2011 Gregory Flick Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Case Study Nike was established in 1972 and is a leading marketer of athletic shoes and apparel. Nike operates in more than 160 countries‚ directly or indirectly employs nearly one million people‚ and for the fiscal year ended 2010 reported revenues of $19 billion. (nikebiz.com) Nike has consistently been accused of‚ criticized for‚ and protested against‚ for using sweatshops
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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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Nike‚ a company headquartered in Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ is a major force in the sports footwear and fashion industry‚ with annual sales exceeding $ 12 billion‚ more than half of which now come from outside the United States. The company was co-founded in 1964 by Phil Knight‚ a CPA at Price Waterhouse‚ and Bill Bowerman‚ college track coach‚ each investing $ 500 to start. The company‚ initially called Blue Ribbon Sports‚ changed its name to Nike in 1971 and adopted the “Swoosh” logo recognizable
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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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Introduction: Sweatshop is mainly a small factory or shop in which workers are poorly paid and work under adverse conditions. This type of sweatshop is mainly common in textile industry in the beginning of twentieth century. Thesis Statement: Sweatshops have major impacts on economy‚ workers‚ and their health. Considering the effect of sweatshops on economy‚ the impact can be explained by getting into two main aspects: Business and sweatshops exploitation. Firstly‚ from the perspective of business
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1 Introduction Sweatshops is a place of work were working conditions are horrible and inhuman. They have been around for a long period of time. They are associated with factories that generally produce apparels. They tend to have low wages‚ excessive long working hours‚ child labour and awful working conditions. In this report the aim is to have an overview of sweatshops and wc. To this end…plan here. and come to a conclusion of if they should be accepted in today’s world. 2 Findings 2.1 Evolution
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The Benefit of Sweatshops Robert Gelber Integrative Seminar 300 Professor Duclos Alegue April 28th‚ 2011 Abstract: Many countries‚ industries and people are becoming more affected by sweatshops in different ways because of they’re continuous increase in growth. Sweatshops benefit many developing countries as they provide opportunities of employment to the people living in poverty and benefit the community at large by creating an economic infrastructure that utilizes the country’s resources and
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global economy is controlled by sweatshops (Kristof Wudunn 542). Well‚ that can’t be true! They call it the Sweatshop Belt: China‚ South Korea‚ Malaysia‚ Indonesia and Bangladesh to be more precise. What comes to mind when we say the word "sweatshop"? Sweatshops are known for their inability to provide a safe working environment‚ low pay rate and child labour. Because of all these negative connotations‚ sweatshops are continuously perceived in a negative way worldwide. Nike‚ Gap and H&M are brands that
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Sweatshops need to be stopped‚ they are manufacturing establishments where employees are forced to work long hours‚ under terrible conditions to create products for minimum wage just so transnational companies can make their fortunes. They are a horrific way to produce products‚ and need to be banished. There are three reasons why sweatshops should be stopped‚ and they are‚ that sweatshops have horrible working conditions‚ Unfair wages and unfair hours‚ and children aren’t able to experience a normal
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Dangers of Sweatshops throughout the World Imagine a world where all children can go to school for six hours instead of working in a factory for twice that amount of time. Imagine that their parents get to see them more than a few times a year because they were not shipped to distant family members due to a lack of income in the household. The parents are not forced to work in unsafe environments for hours upon end and do not face verbal and physical abuse daily. This world is a world without sweatshops
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