Introduction This paper is a based on a case study of Nike. The paper will be discussing legal and ethical analysis and how the impact the operational/ ethical issues of the organization‚ the paper shall also be discussing the contribution factors and how the company’s corporate culture may have helped to minimize the unethical behavior or actually contributed to/caused the unethical behavior. The paper is also going to provide ethical decision factors‚ which are going to address or going to be
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NIKE Inc. principle business activities are the design‚ development‚ and worldwide marketing of high quality footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ and accessory products. They sell their products through NIKE owned retail stores and internet sales‚ and through a mix of independent distributors and licensees worldwide. Virtually all products are manufactured by independent contractor‚ with all footwear and apparel manufactured outside the US‚ while equipment products are mostly manufactured within the
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Stephanie Hernandez Ethics HU 357 August 3‚ 2013 Nike’s Code of Ethics Matter of Respect: Nike knows that people perform best in a work environment free from unlawful harassment and discrimination‚ and we want to be sure that harassment and discrimination of all types do not occur at Nike. To that end‚ Nike’s policy prohibits discrimination and harassment‚ seeks to prevent harassment and provides employees with an effective complaint process. Employees must take care to treat other the
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` case? 2. Why should Nike be held responsible for what happens in factories that it does not own? Does Nike have a responsibility to ensure that factory workers receive a “living wage”? Do the wage guidelines of FLA or WRC seem most appropriate to you? Why? 3. Is it ethical for Nike to pay endorsers millions while its factory employees receive a few dollars a day? 4. Is Nike’s responsibility to monitor its subcontracted factories a legal‚ economic‚ social‚ or philanthropic responsibility
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Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Brief Historical of NIKE 3 Financial Statement 5 Total Revenue 6 Operating Income 6 Net Income 6 Recent News of Nike 7 PESTLE analysis 8 Political 8 Economic 8 Social 9 Technology 9 Marketing Strategies 11 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction In this assignment‚ we are going to study about the Nike in its home country‚ United State (U.S.). We choose Nike as our study due to; firstly‚ most of our team members like sporting
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Flexible Specialisation and the persistence of the sweatshop Sweatshops are known to be a mass of workers mass-producing goods they may never be able to afford themselves. The sweatshop rose to meaning as work moved off the farm and into the city‚ and employers found a limitless amount of so called labourers to make their products. The low entry costs and high labour intensity linked with the textile industry tended to concentrate sweatshops in clothing production. As industrialization grew‚ labour
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In an era where money is the driving force behind decision making‚ it can be hard for companies to make ethical decisions and thus the problem of bad ethics in business can arise. Although at times it can be difficult to comprehend the importance of companies conducting business ethically‚ the absence of ethics within a company can lead to a whole host of issues. Bad ethical practices can vary from those that break the law to those that break the relationship between a company and its customers.
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Ethics For Nike‚ labor and human rights continues to be a top priority and corporate concern. Ethics is essential in crisis communication. Nike’s sweatshop labor crisis demonstrates the importance of ethics. To defend its practices and public reputation during this crisis‚ Nike responded to allegations in ethical ways‚ employing truthfulness and transparency‚ disclosing their corporate social responsibility statements‚ including a fair employee treatment and a labor report‚ and commissioning
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Quick facts on sweatshops; > Girls between the ages of 15 and 25 make 85% of the workforce in sweatshops >Up to 75% of a sweatshop worker’s income is spent on necessities such as food‚ clothes‚ etc. >on average workers have a 60-80 hour workweek in a sweatshop > in china‚ 2009‚ about 1‚000‚000 workers were injured on the job and 20‚000 got sick from their work in hazardous conditions >Workers are forced to handle dangerous chemicals and glues in sweatshops with little or no protection > A child working
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Sweatshops Throughout the years‚ United States businesses have had to face protests from government officials‚ labor leaders‚ and student organizations due to employing sweatshop labor. If you are unaware of what sweatshops are‚ they are generally characterized as a place of employment that have very low pay‚ very long hours of work‚ and terribly poor working conditions. After hearing this‚ most people would assume that is awful and they should be illegal and banned immediately from all countries
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