0 Background of Nike, Inc. The company was founded on 25 January 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, and officially became Nike, Inc. on 30 May 1978. The Nike, Inc is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. So while the Pacific Northwest is the birthplace to Nike, today Nike, Inc. operates in more than 160 countries around the globe. Through their supplier, shippers, retailers and other service providers, Nike directly or indirectly
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A respected and well known corporation no doubt would be Nike. In order to save money and cut expenses Nike has outsourced its labor outside of the United States. Production and labor cost are indeed a lot cheaper outside of the United States. Nike had factories located in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Mexico due to the cheap cost of labor in those countries. In the 1990s Nike was criticized for child labor in Cambodia and Pakistan. The accusations claimed that children were being used to do
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Assignment 5: Nike” From Sweatshops to Leadership in Employment Practices” Nia Lawson Diggs Dr. Jack Huddleston Human Resource Management 522 Ethics and Advocacy for HR Pro March 13, 2012 Discern how a more effective ethics programs and a more viable code of conduct could have mitigated the ethical issues faced by Nike Nike leads the world in the manufacturing and distributing of its athletic footwear and accessories. Nike is the brain child of Phil Knight
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Nike Dilemma: Still waiting for them to "do it"! Another corporate giant having its fare share of controversies over the years is Nike. Nike employs approximately 26,000 people worldwide. In addition, approximately 650,000 workers are employed in Nike contracted factories around the globe. More than 75% of these work in Asia, predominantly in China, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea and Malaysia (Nike 2006). In 1998 Nike came under fire for the sweatshop conditions of the workers in the Nike factories
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Course Concepts Identified Though Global Communications and the situations involved present multiple problems one sees the potential for possible solutions. The course concepts in the following synopses include communication issues, ethical dilemmas such as integrity, social responsibility and the quality of life. All of the above listed items will show a need for improvement in the globally communicative world that one lives in. As new creations, such as the internet are continually
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Global Ethical Problems Donna Bistrican XMGT/216 September 25, 2010 Global Ethical Problems The Wall Street article reports on the ethical issue of freedom of speech and human rights violation in China and Google’s dilemma. Companies deal with ethical conflicts with China daily. Google Inc.’s struggled with ethical implications for doing business with China. The paper addresses the ethical problems that companies like Google, Inc. encountered that caused their decision to withdraw from China
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Introduction The Nike Corporation is rightfully considered one of the most successful international corporations. Despite its status of the leading athletic shoe and apparel producer, the company’s image has been marred with frequent accusations of exploiting underpaid employees in places like China, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam (Fung, O’Rourke, Sabel, & Cohen, 2001). Although a great deal of responsibility does fall on the company’s management, it is also the governments of host countries who
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expansion of multinational corporations. It is incumbent upon these businesses to ensure that they operate ethically and by so doing avoid these dilemmas. Businesses are also expected to actively participate in upholding human rights. The Global Compact proposes presents the framework and guiding principles that can help these MNC’s navigate past these dilemmas as they enter new growth environments. This paper will report on the issues raised on the Bloomberg Interview and the Four Corners Program on
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Nike, Inc. and Sweatshops Over the years Nike has been called out for their unethical practices in shoe making. Nike does not actually make shoes but has subcontractors who do and Nike just sells them with their logo on them. The blame of being unethical in this came with the sweatshops is held with both Nike and the subcontractors. This is because Nike has an amoral style of management in regards to utilizing foreign production facilities, more commonly known as sweatshops, for cheaper labor
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HRM522 Ethical & Advocacy for HR Professionals Dr. Jeanette Horner-Smith December 14th, 2014 “Nike: From Sweatshops to Leadership in Employment Practices” The Nike Corporation is a huge brand that targets athletes, colleges, and product manufacturing. The company was founded by Phil Knight and his track coach, Bill Bowerman, in 1964. “The company was renamed Nike in 1978, and has grown to be the largest worldwide seller of athletic goods, with approximately 19,000 retail accounts in the United
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