NIKE AND ITS FACTORIES IN VIETNAM THE CONTEXT OF THE ISSUE In order to offer competitive prices, a lot of Western companies relocate in low-wages countries. Nike is not unique in that respect: in fact the company choose to use subcontracted factories in Asia, especially in Vietnam. It is important to put this trend in context: this particular industry (the footwear industry) know a significant growth since two decades. Vietnam has a very high unemployment rate, which reflects the poor economic
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Discuss how personal differences and preference can impact organizational ethics? Personal differences and preferences impact organizational ethics in three ways: First, the integrity, responsibility, compassion and forgiveness are probably the most important personal differences can indeed impact organizational ethics, as the human nature does not automatically tend to be ethical, and personal feelings are often a major part of the decision making process. In these terms, once his integrity is
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Social responsibility and managerial ethics You may be wondering, “Why should I care about corporate social responsibility or managerial ethics or whether or not my employees have health care benefits? Aren’t these the types of issues philosophers worry about?” To answer this question, you only need to pick up a recent newspaper or business magazine. Everything from Wall Street trading scandals to accounting frauds at AIG, Lehman Brothers, Enron, Parmalat, Satyam, WorldCom, Tyco, and Global
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Ethics - Ethics Imagine a 15 year old student in philosophy class. After discussing why should you or shouldn't you judge other societies, and getting in depth with ethics, the teacher decides to tell a story to the class. She says"..there is a tribe in the Amazon(Brazil) were they show love and respect by cutting body parts.It would be a good sign if your father cuts a finger of a son...." she then asked the class ".... if you end up in the Amazon, would you stop a father cutting a sons finger because
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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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trust directly affects the well being of employees as well as their ability to perform their tasks. Recent historical events suggest that trust between employees and management has been negatively affected however, with the enactment of new laws and ethics policies has there been a strengthening of this trust relationship in recent years? This paper discusses the history effecting trust between employees and management and the related changes that have been implemented in attempts to improve this
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BUSI600 Case Assignment 1 Jamison Burks Liberty University September 7, 2014 Build the management-research question hierarchy. The management-research question hierarchy is a hierarchy which produces several specific questions from an original question with intent to give management information to make a decision on correcting a dilemma. The hierarchy contains six steps starting with a dilemma and ending with a decision. The first step in the management-research question hierarchy is to
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Case study (2) NATURAL DISATSTERS AND DECISIONS THAT FOLLOW EHAB ABD ELGALIL ELDEBERKEY ELGRESSEY 01223677767 Problem definition There is no code of ethics to deal with such natural disaster and very random following decisions Justification of the problem This problem caused through: 1. Lack of planning or primitive planning system which not include a clear code of ethics to deal and match this situation 2. Unwise decisional policy which lead to more complications 3. Neglecting
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organizing and another one is a group of people who work together to perform duties and goals. Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study and application of knowledge about how people, individuals, and groups act in organizations (Clark, 2009). Organizational behavior gives a better understanding to human behavior, cultural differences, diversity, communication, business ethics, and change in the organization. Understanding organizational behavior helps one to understand how people feel, think and react
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Business Research Ethics When most people think of Ethics or Morals they think of rules that distinguish between right or wrong. Most people learn ethical norms at home, at school, in church, or in other social settings. Although most people acquire their sense of right and wrong during childhood, moral development occurs throughout life and human beings pass through different stages of growth as they mature. Ethical norms are so abundant that one might be tempted to regard them as simple commonsense
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