“Garment Sweatshops in El Salvador” A great number of large companies located in the United States and parts Europe hire subcontractors in third world countries‚ like El Salvador to manufacture their apparel‚ which go for sale at very high prices. Most of these factories where the labor is being done are located in so called free-trade zones. The renters of these factories do not have to pay taxes except for the export tariffs‚ which are quite low because of the product that is being exported
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Operating in an Uncontrolled Environment In his New York Times essay‚ “Where Sweatshops are a Dream‚” writer Nicholas Kristof described the horrible living conditions of the people in Phnom Penh. Kristof writes that many who work in sweatshops believe that having a factory job is a way out of poverty and not as dangerous as working a dump. He opens the essay by describing the awful and gruesome living and working conditions in Phnom Penh. Kristof implies that the Democrats and the Americans are
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valuable resource for Nike. Cutting costs by employing workers at a reduced rate or paying less for plant operation allows Nike to invest the additional profits into other areas of the business such as advertising‚ thereby increasing the potential for company growth. In addition‚ decreased operational costs are more likely to attract and retain company investors because more money can go into increasing business profitability. Increases Competitiveness * Because Nike is able to more efficiently
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College students‚ activists‚ and certain scholars were quick to condemn “Sweatshops” and the multinational companies (MNC’s) that used them. However‚ this initial moral condemnation was based more on a natural sense of horror than moral reasoning‚ and critics often demonstrated a lack of sensitivity to both the underlying economic conditions that gave rise to the sweatshop phenomenon and to the beneficial consequences of sweatshops for both their employees and the broader economies in which they functioned
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CASE STUDY Q1. What could Nike as a particular Company do to ensure that their associate contract manufacturers‚ all over the world comply with minimum standards of corporate governance in their factories‚ even before they were engaged? Ans1. Nike company should deliver a legal enviironment to the manufacturing factories with which the company is carrying out its contaracts all over the world inorder to support these factories to be able to encourage the ecnomic activity all over the world which
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Corporation Case Study: Nike What is it? NIKE‚ Inc. is the world’s leading innovator in athletic footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment and accessories. Before there was the Swoosh‚ before there was Nike‚ there were two visionary men who pioneered a revolution in athletic footwear that redefined the industry. Nike Employees Nike Employee Networks are designed to help Nike move toward greater diversity. In the U.S.‚ six employee networks focus attention on important communities within Nike. The intended role
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Labor Practices Paper - Sweatshops XXXXX PHL 320DateBridget PeacoIn several countries across the world‚ individuals are being misused and mistreated on a regular basis by sweatshops and the people that run them. A sweatshop is a word used to define an operating atmosphere‚ generally factories producing textile products that are considered hazardous because of poor operating environments. It has been discovered that employees that work at sweatshops often experience metal‚ physical‚ and sexual abuse
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Sweatshops are immoral Jason Frausto PHL/320 December 15‚ 2014 Sweatshops are immoral The vast majority of Americans are shocked by reports of brutal conditions in overseas factories. The U.S. itself has a proud practice of unions and human rights groups that work to prevent such abuses like child labor‚ refusal to pay overtime pay‚ exposure to poisonous chemicals‚ and unsafe working environments. Every day‚ people from other countries come to America for a chance to work hard in return for better
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name Nike they think of great footwear‚ quality apparel and top of the line athletic merchandise. People wear the Nike swooshes with pride‚ thinking what they are wearing will improve their own personal athletic goals‚ or simply boost their self-confidence. Also‚ people purchase the Nike brand because they relate it with so many of the athletes who Nike endorses. Nike being in the market‚ has opened so many doors for athletes and being in the media and advertising positive social values. Nike is a
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Life as a Sweatshop Worker: Testimonial Review by Christopher Lucas After reading “Story of a Sweatshop Girl”‚ I could not help but feel good. This was one of those surprise stories that you would never expect to come from a sweatshop worker. Sadie Frowne was obviously an educated woman who had ambition. To read this document from her perspective was a very enlightening experience. Sadie was very intelligent and independent. She wanted to take full advantage of everything that America had
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