A Case Analysis of Nike: The Sweatshop Debate Mindi Merritt Class Fall 2014 Instructor’s Name Introduction Nike is a hugely successful global industry that designs and markets shoes and apparel (Coakley & Kates‚ 2013). Most of Nike’s products are subcontracted and manufactured overseas in countries such as China‚ India‚ Vietnam‚ Indonesia and Korea. For decades‚ Nike has been embroiled in controversy where critics claim its products are manufactured in foreign factories with substandard
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The Malaysian Business Code of Ethics (Rukuniaga) Introduction The Malaysian Business Code of Ethics is based on the religions‚ philosophical and cultural values of Malaysian. It was undertaken by national Consumer’s Protection Consultative Council and Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs to develop self regulation among traders in Malaysia. Objective The Malaysian Business Code of Ethics was formulated with the objective of: - * Preparing the main principles to be applied by Malaysian
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principles with everyday business operations and policies and then translates all of this into bottom-line results. For sustainability to be long lasting and useful‚ it must be representative of and integrated into day-to-day corporate activities and corporate performance. If sustainability is seen only as an attempt to provide effective public relations‚ it does not create long-term value and can even be a value destroyer. The key to success is integrating sustainability into business decisions‚ identifying
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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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make a profit. Sweatshops are factories where people who live in developing countries work. Sweatshops are famous for overworking and abusing their employees‚ having small‚ cramped work spaces where there is little to no ventilation. American companies use sweatshops to get their products quickly manufactured and selling for the cheapest price possible. American Companies should not be allowed to use sweatshops and American consumers should stop buying products made by sweatshops in order to keep
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Strategies Seminar Session Week -6 Class room discussions: • Assess the benefits and disadvantages of relationship marketing strategies. • How relationship marketing strategies for B2B interface may differ from those of B2C? • Collect 3 business examples when CRM pitfalls were avoided and analyse them. Directed learning Please go through the following journal articles and the core textbook to solve the above questions: • Gummesson‚ E. (1994)‚ “Making relationship marketing operational”
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characteristics of those working in sweatshops around the world. Since the early 1900s‚ when corporations began using sweatshops‚ the general public has fought against the idea of them and the human rights that are being broken. Yes‚ these problems are arising and they are vile and horrific but there is another element Americans look past and are ignorant about. Americans are closed minded and choose to overlook the benefits some of these countries are gaining from the sweatshops in their countries. There
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is the maturing market in athletic shoes. There is also a growing adverse demographic change in the marketplace brought about by the sweatshop expose that Nike has not overcome yet. Effects to Nike’s growth are also affected not only by domestic economy but also by the international economy. The continued weak Euro and Asian recession could potentially hurt Nikes international sales and growth. Nike’s extreme sports product line is seen as inferior quality compared to competitors and is hurting
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Research TNC’s Nike Research Manufacturing Nike has contracted with more than 700 shops around the world and has offices located in 45 countries outside the United States.[38] Most of the factories are located in Asia‚ including Indonesia‚ China‚ Taiwan‚ India‚[39] Thailand‚ Vietnam‚ Pakistan‚ Philippines‚ and Malaysia.[40] Nike is hesitant to disclose information about the contract companies it works with. However‚ due to harsh criticism from some organizations like CorpWatch‚ Nike has disclosed
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PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: LABORAL ETHICAL ISSUES 1. What are the Stake Holders interacting with them? The StakeHolders direct are: Society: Users of the public transportation Employees of bus company Controller Manager City transport authority Renter of bus Operators tour The StakeHolders indirect are: Informal transit associations Drivers (conductors) and other personnel Police Government local and national Radio/ Medias 2. Potential conflicts – examples? Conflict between bus driver and the
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