Essays on Nike

In Bolger v. Youngs Drug Products, the Court found that to determine whether the speech is commercial, it must contain three distinct elements: it is meant to be an advertisement, it makes reference to a particular product and the speech is economically motivated. (Bolger v. Youngs) Although Nike`s speech lacks some of those elements, I believe that it falls into the category of commercial speech rather than political speech. In 1997, Nike hired a consulting firm that carried out an independent review of labor practices in Nike factories. Following the review, a consulting firm issued a report stating ...

[Customer’s name] [Institutional affiliations] Advertising is a system of actions of targeting consumers, forming and regulating the movement of goods in the market. Advertising appears where there is exchange of goods, where there is competition, and where everyone is fighting for a commodity producer and a buyer looking for a niche in the market. The more customers’ internal consistency, willingness to accept new information, the stronger advertising affects consumers. Therefore, the main task is to advertisers is to find customers ready to accept new data. This problem is a search for motives and desires of consumers, in order ...

Bass Factors

The concept of leadership is crucial to the success of business entities. This is because of the underlying fact that managers of business entities rely on their leadership prowess as a means of propelling the organizations onward (Northouse, 2010). Transformational leadership style occurs as one of the various leadership styles whose effectiveness in enhancing business success has and continues to be hypothesized across different settings. Notable is the fact that transformational leadership is based on four bass factors (Amber, 2012). Inspirational motivation is one of the bass elements of transformational leadership, and it connotes to the ability of a ...

Product

This term, as part of the 4 Ps of Marketing Mix, essentially refers to the tangible item that is being marketed or advertised. It is the thing that the consumer demands or expects. In some cases, this may also pertain to services being offered by a company. Either way, a product has to be tangible—must have an independent physical existence. In the case of Nike, the product that the company was marketing was its golf clubs. An interesting marketing mix concept to include here would be the life cycle of a product. This concept basically suggests that each ...

Since the end of the 20th century, fundamental and profound changes have taken place in the world of business and marketing in particular. Therefore, for the past decades, attempts to keep in pace with fast-moving and ever changing environment of the sports world has been one of the greatest challenges for sport companies and producers of sport goods. “The evolution of sports marketing strategies to meet the needs and wants of the consumer continues to be a priority of practitioners worldwide” (Shank 6). Consequently, companies engaged in sports business have to encounter numerous challenges on a daily basis and ...

Introduction

Foreign marketing refers to the decision that a company or an organization undertake to either export their products to a different country; have a direct investment in a target country or have a partnership with another firm in the targeted company. Any company that operates in more than one country qualifies to be an international company. The idea of being an international company may be prestigious to any investor and attractive to upcoming industries. Important to not however be that before successful internationalization there must be planning, persistence and purpose. It is crucial to first do an analysis of ...

Executive Summary

The report has been developed to evaluate and assess the different sources of finance available to a sports organisation of the likes of Manchester United. In the report, various finance sources have been analysed for the organisation and the incumbent sources being utilized by it. The report has also outlined recommendation of which source of finance should the organisation utilize in accordance with their suitability.

Introduction

Manchester United is one of the most popular soccer teams of United Kingdom with its headquarters in Old Trafford, Manchester. Manchester United was founded in 1878 and listed for New York Stock Exchange in ...

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to research a needs and motivation theory and apply it to analyse my consumer behaviour. The theory explored in this report is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, which still remains one of the most accepted theories in many spheres, including marketing. The first section of this report will provide a brief overview of the theory, as well as its possible applications to consumer behaviour. The second section of the report will provide the analysis of my behaviour as a consumer from the point of view of Maslow’s approach. The third section will ...

Introduction

The procurement cycle is the procedures that have to occur to supply the line of production or stock up goods and services in an organization. Therefore, all items that have to be procured should be identified to determine the required quantities at the initial stage. At the first step, the relevant information is used to generate the requisition that is later sent to the Department of purchasing. In this department, the assigned purchasers will request for bids and gives out the purchase order to the vendor. At the arrival of the order of the items, they will be entered ...

Introduction

Analysis of Nike’s dividend over three years period Nike has been paying dividends to its shareholders every year based on its level of earnings. The three years analysis of Nike’s dividend distribution has been shown in the table below. Nike's dividend per share and earnings per share has increased which also indicates that revenue and profit of the company had increased over that period. (Gibson, 2008) The trend of the past three years projected that the company has improved its market position and was able to provide enough dividend to its shareholders for their investment in the ...

Sport Sponsorship Management

INTRODUCTION The business of sport sponsorship has grown into a global, interconnected market. If anything, growing significance of unconventional broadcasting platforms particularly digital media; increasing overlap between sport, business and media; emergence of innovative marketing models – all has contributed to a greater need for sport sponsorship management in an increasingly complex sport landscape. In contrast to more conventional sport sponsorship agreements, more innovative approaches are being adopted to capture, if not enhance, brand awareness in customer mind (as will be shown by an illustrative sponsorship strategy adopted by Nike). The case for marketing branding strategies in sport sponsorship remains, ...

Introduction

Effective marketing strategies that are designed and implemented by smart marketers focus on the consumer behavior. In particular, successful fashion brands pay attention to the consumers’ perception of their own selves. Self-concept defines the consumer choice of apparel, shoes, and accessories. Without knowing the consumers’ perception of their own selves, it would be hard for the fashion marketers to position the products in the market successfully. The paper analyzes the role that the knowledge and understanding can play in implementing effective marketing strategies. There is also a brief comparison between the marketing strategies of Tommy Hilfiger and Nike, to ...

The 2009 Nike advertisement (shown below) that will be evaluated in this paper is the “Ladies First” magazine advertisement. The advertisement shows a female runner in an athlete’s running attire, intently looking forward, as if looking towards the finish line. The slogan in the advertisement says, “Ladies first. Men second.” At the bottom of the advertisement, in smaller letters, states, “Join the men vs. women challenge at Nikeplus.com.” This objective of the advertisement was to encourage women to participate in Nike’s running challenge which was open to both sexes. The target market of this advertisement are women ...

This is a basketball match played in between US and Argentina on July 22 in the year 2012. In the beginning of the match announcer spoke about the sponsors included the brand name of “Gateaway” and “Jeep”. A logo of Cisco has been seen in box area wallwhere viewers were watching the match. It placed very strategically from where it can be easily seen and within the reach of all. The whole wall of the viewer box area placed with the logo of Cisco which was brightening with the lighting ...

Introduction

In general, every firm possesses a specific market structure, which is mainly determined by the number of buyers, number of sellers, ease of entry or exit, and the degree of product differentiation (Arnold, 2010). The underlying determinants give rise to four types of market structures. These include perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition, and oligopoly.

The short-run and long-run equilibrium for firms in a perfect competition industry is considerably different. Both short-run and long-run revenue data for a wheat farmer have been shown in table 1 and table 2 respectively.

In the long-run, it is assumed that the entry of new ...

Book report; The jungle and business

Setting of the novel “The Jungle” published by Upton Sinclair in 1900s is in Chicago and revolves around the industry of meat production in the town. The industry seemed to represent the social difficulties of all the Americans living in poverty. Upton was only twenty-six years old when he moved to Chicago in his bid to participate in exposing the evils in the meat industry (Sparknotes.com). Upton's book The Jungle was initially published in early 1900s and turned into a real sensation for American book readers. From one viewpoint, it depicted the incredible practices of meatpacking industry overwhelming at ...

Johnson & Johnson has gained relevant experience in the field of public relations, given that the group of companies was founded over thirty years ago; it definitely had a role in the evolution of public relations. Indeed, J&J has been held aloft in the PR world for nearly 30 years as the torch-bearer of the “right way’ to handle a crisis (Yaxley, 2010). Its public relations personnel, strategies, implementation process and assessment have matured over the years. Johnson & Johnson is a holding company which majorly deals in pharmaceutical products which are under constant scrutiny due to issues of quality ...

The case is about New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. and how they are planning to increase their efficiency and quality in their operation processes through the implementation of lean manufacturing. At this same period, two of the leading shoe producers Reebok and Adidas have merged hence New Balance needs to focus on ways to counter this move in order to sell effectively.

New Balance was founded in the year 1906 in Boston by William J. Riley, and it was formerly known as New Balance Arch. William was a 33-year old British, who dedicated himself to help people with feet ...

ABSTRACT

The aim of the current research was to examine the impact of the wider view of CSR on operations management of any the organization. The aim was divided into four objectives i.e. This research was based on secondary analysis. The researcher collected secondary data from internet and peer-reviewed journals to achieve the research objectives. The researcher made the following conclusion from this research. Decision-making is the core responsibility of managers. Operations managers need ensure that business decisions do not affect the society negatively. The business should not make profits at the cost of the environment. The manager should ...

Introduction

Organizational communication refers to the sub-field from the sector of communication studies. The organizational communication aspect analyzes and gives critique to the central role played by communication in the context of the organizational operations. The aspect of organizational communication began in the early 1960s with the implementation of its effectiveness in the business operation. The organizational communication occurred for the first time in the academic department with professor having great interest in business writing and speaking. The perspective works with theories and empirical approaches to come up with a distinct explanation of the functionality of an organization. ...

Introduction

Adidas is a German multinational company that designs and manufactures sports wear and accessories. The headquarters of the company are located in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria in Germany. Apart from sportswear, the company manufactures shirts, eyewear, bags, watches and other clothing related goods. It is the second largest sportswear manufacturer in the globe. The company was founded by Adolf Dassler in 1948. The total revenue for the company that was listed in 2012 stood as € 34.48 billion. The success of the company has come along as a result of being respectful to its strengths, acceptability of its weaknesses, recognition of its opportunities, and ...

Customer Scenario Persona for Nike Shoes

A customer scenario persona consists of a customer scenario and customer insights that lead to a solution to the problem for the brand . This document provides a customer scenario persona for a Nike shoes customer with an imaginary profile for the ease of the study. The insights help brands to understand the customer problems and the solutions to those problems. In the current case, the problem of the customer is to find a comfortable and light shoe with good quality. Nike solves this problem by providing the customer with comfortable shoes. Nike shoes have been specifically designed for athletes and provide comfortable ...

For a number of years, Nike Company has been the global frontrunner of athletic shoe sales. Nike Inc. keeps on delivering strong growth. Technological innovation is the company’s growth engine as it continues fueling their success as well as challenging them. The company has placed an emphasis on both the design of its products and the manufacturing processes. The spirit of innovation and constant research has helped Nike Inc. to maintain its lead in the industry and stay ahead of competitors. The company employs designers with a solid engineering background; as such the company retains a competitive advantage by having the best ...

Introduction

For a number of years, Nike Company has been the global frontrunner of athletic shoe sales. Nike Inc. keeps on delivering strong growth. Innovation is the company’s growth engine as it continues fueling their success as well as challenging them. The company’s investors, consumers, and athletes expect innovation. In essence, innovation facilitates new heights in the company’s performance and raises the bar for their industry. The company center sustainable innovation on their biggest areas of risk and opportunity. Nike Inc. is among the best examples of persistent innovation.

They have strived to be competitive through incremental and radical ...

Nike’s Lightning strikes!

Lightning is a line of sports shoes for children. Exclusively designed for the little growing up feet.

Background:

The World Health Organization recommends intense play and activity for children. They recommend in the least 60 minutes of Moderate to Vigorous physical activity daily and also mention that more of it will lead to additional health benefits. They also recommend that the exercises must be aerobic and bone loading aimed to increase the muscle tone. This recommendation is specific to children in the age group of 5 – 17 years.

Increasing body weight has been an area of serious concern globally and ...

When it comes to this modern world, no one can deny the fact that there are load so of brands competing with each other neck to neck to get the consumer. And one of such top brand is NIKE. It is a very reputed and famous brand and it utilises it for different marketing strategies, including using celebs in their ads. However it will not be wrong to say that the brand has created a kind of social stratification where individuals think they are better than others if they wear such brands. Certain people think that they are superior because they ...

Final Group Project

Final Group Project There are many large corporations in the world that dominate the international market. Some of the integrated companies include Toshiba, Jeep, Samsung, Nike and Apple. These corporations have contributed a lot to the international market since they have enhanced business development in the global environment. There have been various changes in the economic, social, market and environmental changes in the global markets (Yasu 2009). These companies have found various ways of adapting to these changes. Although they are situated in different geographical locations, they have been able to make connections among themselves to promote business activities. ...

All the big companies around the world pay special attention to advertising and building brands. Brand managers are hired and they are given a special budget to advertise and maintain the brand position and value. Coca-Cola, Apple, Pepsi, Intel and Apple are the examples of the brands that pay special attention towards brand building. Brand building is about maintain one’s brand in the minds of the consumer as well as continuously deliver the high quality, and meeting all the consumer expectations that are created in the mind of the consumers through advertising, and other public-relations activities.

Many experts in ...

The institutional affiliation

The four major market structures in the modern economic world are: perfect competition, monopoly, oligopoly, and monopolistic competition. Each one has strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats, so let us take a closer look at them.

Perfect completion is also called pure competition and is a benchmark where competition exists at its best level. Perfectly competitive market has large number of participants and none of them is large enough to influence the product price or its quality. In other words, there are so many sellers that neither price nor quality varies significantly. Pure competition market is easy to enter and exit ...

NIKE AND ADIDAS

Promotional strategies of Nike and Adidas Nike is an American multinational firm which was started in September 8, 1969. It is a firm which designs, develops, markets and sells footwear, apparel and accessories on a worldwide scale. NIKE is a top seller in athletic shoe wear category as well as athletic apparel worldwide. Nike is not only the leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel but also sports equipment and miscellaneous other products. The company was born in 1965 by Bill Bowerman and Philip Knight under the name of blue Ribbon Sports. It came to know as Nike in 1978. There ...

Part 1

In reading Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, I find it interesting to read about Human Nature Perspectives and Dialogical Perspectives. It also interests me reading Kant’s Categorical Imperative and Aristotle’s Human Rational Capacity.

Human Nature Perspectives is focused on what makes human the way they are. Humans possess certain characteristics that make them unique. These characteristics can be enhanced in order to promote maximum potential of the person. Human attributes can be utilized to evaluate the communication ethics notwithstanding culture, religion, situation, and type of government. Dialogical Perspectives is focused on the concept of dialogue. Dialogue can ...

Raising capital for a business can prove to be a challenge, and many business owners find themselves in the credit crunch. However, there are two main ways that can be used to raise the capital: Equity and debt. These methods are normally used by business owners and large companies throughout the company’s lifetime. The investors will have a different perspective as compared to the lenders. The lenders will, therefore, consider different factors when deciding whether to loan a company the money, or not. When a company decides to borrow money for its finance, a business plan has to be formulated first.

Debt

In other words, ...

Goal setting will have benefits for Nike. It is a very important managerial role for this incorporation. One of the benefits of setting the objectives is that it will improve the profitability of Nike. According to the Chief Financial Officer, the incorporation is looking forward to achieving a high single digit growth in revenue. The growth in EPS is expected to be in the range of 15% to 17%. In addition, the incorporation aims at having a 25% return on investments. The incorporation has divided its goals in terms of quarters in a financial year. The goals in this case are maintaining the ...

All the organizations grow similar to the living organism and so they also have life cycles. First of all, the organization is established or it is born; here, the product is made by the company which is this case was sportswear by Nike as they invested their money. Then the next stage is of growth where the organization develops but it is through several methods of advertisings as the company and its products are introduced into the market until it reaches the level of maturity. Maturity is the stage where no further growth can be made and from onwards ...

1. Putting in place a more effective ethics programs and a more viable code of conduct could have helped Nike alleviate some of the ethical issues faced by the company. Effective ethics program helps an organization “foster ethical decision making in business” Ferrell, Fraedrick & Ferrell, 2011, p.216). A more effective ethics program and a more viable code of conduct can help the firm evade legal problems because ethics program and code of conduct can help identify and prevent misconduct in an organization (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2011). Additionally, a strong code of conduct offers real value to a company. Nike must have a more ...

Introduction

In the year 1972, Nike was established by Phil Knight and Bill Bowernman. Currently Nike has emerged to be one of those global companies targeted by a broad range of campaigning non-governments as a symbolic representation of the business in society. Nike has established a forum, which is a well-developed focus of being responsible in improving condition in contracted factories (May, Cheney, & Roper, 2007). Nike aim for carbon neutrality as well as making sports available to young people across the world.

Question 1

Nike has experience many legal issues in its lifetime. Nike has long been accused of many allegations. For instance uses sweatshops ...

SLIDE 2

Like all ancient people, the Greek thought of temples as houses for the gods. While in Greece the temple plan was derived from the megaron found in Mycenaean palaces, Roman temples were derived from Greek and Etruscan precedents. The Greek temples were decorated with an exterior colonnade, and the statue of the god was housed in the main room (the naos) facing the east where an outdoor altar for sacrifices was placed. The Roman temples borrowed the podium (base) and the frontality of the temple from Etruscan temples. From Greece came the columns, the cella (central room), the porch ( ...

- Important things to consider in new product development and why is it necessary to evaluate the new product idea at each stage of development.

New product development is an important process requiring an understanding of the target market, identification of user needs and the product usage context. Consideration of such user-driven factors is what often makes or breaks a product launch especially for small and new businesses. Larger companies on the other hand have already established markets and thus their main consideration is the product’s desirability, feasibility and cost effectiveness (Kotler & Keller, 2009). The new product must ...

After a lead test was carried out, one of the components that was used to manufacture the toys was found to have levels of lead that were higher than the regulated amount for children aged seven and below. These high levels of lead posed a great hurdle to the organization especially since the firm’s major clients are elementary schools. There are a number alternatives that when implemented will absorb some effects of the set back. However, these decisions will not prevent the organization from losing money; instead, they will provide an alternative to enable the retaining existing clients.

Replace metallic whistles with plastic ones

In order ...

US Company That Has Acquired Another Company And Is Operating Internationally

One of the leading sportswear companies in the world is Reebok. Reebok is a US company that has recently been acquired by Adidas. Their common adversary is the US company Nike which owns about a third of the global market share for sportswear. In 2005, Nike had a total market share of about 36.3%. In the same year when the merger between Adidas and Reebok was finalized, their market share jumped to 21.1% from a dismal 8.9%. The merger was announced in August 3, 2005, with Adidas-Salomon AG planning to buy all ...

One of the most successful companies to set up business abroad is the famous shoe and sports apparel manufacturing and marketing company Nike. The Oregon-based company does business in 45 countries, employing nearly a million people, outsourcing products from more than 500 factories worldwide. The company reaps the benefits of this global strategy by the billions, with Nike’s revenues for 2010 reached US$ 19.014 billion and a net income of approximately $2 billion in the same year.

A company of this size and reach would not set up shop in one country in the same manner as it would in ...

Hellenistic Civilizations

a. Art form or medium b. Purpose of the piece c. Individual or group responsible for the piece d. Meaning of the work e. The culture and the artist f. Influence by art and culture from previous civilizations g. Relation to artwork within the same civilization or era h. Meaning and value of the piece in modern-day cultures The different art forms and media whether architecture, music, visual art, or literature from different past civilization offer the modern civilization spectacular cultures and pieces that continue to greatly influence and act as a ...

The law is a two edged sword aimed at cutting the oppressed free while punishing the unjust. This is one of the maxims that I have believed in and that inspires me towards applying for the JD program. By applying for this program, I desire to equip myself with the power to bring this ‘sword’ closer to the oppressed. I believe that this course will help me represent my people better and also in making them aware of their rights according to the law. All this intrinsic motivation to undertake the law course is extrinsically supported by the fact ...

Nike is a company with a worldwide presence. The company, according to Forbes has a market value of over $86 billion as of May 2015 and stands to be 18th in the world’s most valuable brands (Forbes.com, n.d.). Nike’s most footwear products are majorly designed for a specific athletic use, for example for football, running, volleyball, cricket, just to name a few. However, a significant percentage of these footwear products are usually worn for leisure or casual purposes. In the recent past, Nike has faced its fair share of the ethical dilemma. These ethical predicaments arise when the organization’s behavior or ...

(Your Professor’s name) (Subject name and code)

Nike and Adidas are leading brands in the sports apparel industry. These billion dollar brands have to survive tough competition from their counterparts each day. Over the last couple of decades both these brands have established themselves as synonyms in the sports industry. This paper compares both these brands and determines the growth or declining trend in their performance. An analysis of the net income of both of these brands over the past decade reveals a slight difference. Where Nike’s “net income was $1212 million in 2005, Adidas’ was € ...

Nike Inc. is a global company activating in the sports apparel, ranking as the first player in this industry, as a result of its business strategy. The company incorporates a complex mix of organizational, operational or marketing strategies for assuring its leadership position on its market, succeeding with this integrated business approach to become one of the world’s most recognized and valued brands.

Organizational Analysis

Part of the integrated business approach to the international sports apparel market in which it activates is the organizational strategy. The organizational strategy comprises the Nike Inc.’s ethos and business philosophy centered on diversity, celebrating the differences ...

As can be observed from the two videos, the emergence of CSR has been pushed throughout the 20th century. Many of these CSR activities have their origins in the enormous comprehensive changes that have preceded economic structures for a long time now. Burns (2011) attests that CSR can be used as a necessity for controlling the excesses of the corporate power. It is also notable that the need for the protection and preservation of the natural environment has positively enhanced CSR. Nothing unethical exists when a company gains its competitive advantage by exercising a considerable Corporate Social Responsibility in the society that ...

With the increased consumer awareness, organizational success is now more dependent on their actual and/or perceived commitment to socio-economic, environmental, and other aspects of sustainability. It is no longer acceptable as proper for organizations to thrive in isolation from the communities that are affected by such a firm’s actions. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an important way for firms to strike a balance between economic, environmental and social responsibilities in operations, which in turn ensures that they cater for the interests of all their stakeholder’s interests and expectations. CSR has different meanings and has varying definitions depending on every ...

Nike Inc. is a listed American sportswear and equipment manufacturer with its head offices in Oregon City. It is the leading world’s supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and major manufacturer of sport equipment. To Nike “diversity is not just the right thing to do, it is the smart thing." Worldwide, Nike Inc. had more than 30,000 employees as of 2008 (Nike, 91). Essentially, Nike recruitment policies allow the in-house staff to view job openings on the internal web and apply directly to the SSC center electronically. The SSC ActiveRecruiter software from there handles the entire application ...

Nike, Inc. – is an American company, the worldwide manufacturer of sports goods that is one of the largest sport brand corporations in the world. The history of Nike began in 1964 when a middle-distance runner and student of the University of Oregon Phil Knight came up with the idea to purchase comfortable and affordable footwear in Asian countries and sell it in the United States. In those times, the 1960s, America did not know convenient and at the same time average price sport shoes – all that customers could buy were cheap (5$) and bad-quality American sneakers or high quality but ...

Interview

The importance of good customer relation cannot be ignored in influencing sales in any company. Excellent customer relations help in increasing sales and creating a great public image. I interviewed one of Nike’s customer care assistants on the issue and got a great insight into the working of the company and how they utilized great customer care relations to influence change in the company. Nike has made great steps in the footwear industry over the years, and this has been majorly due to the great products that help satisfy customers. I interviewed Frank Levi, who works at Nike Factory ...

Nike is an immensely profitable clothing and shoe company, having a vast number of retail outlets all around the world. This leading brand has become a symbol of world sports. Nike continues sponsoring well-known athletes, arranging sporting activities as well as developing a revolutionary footwear for sports. The company believes that not only young athletes are its target audience, but also people who are not into sports. However, these days Nike has become notorious for appalling working conditions. Fierce criticism has been voiced with regard to the fact that Nike is involved with foreign sweatshops. In third world countries, workers of ...

Investment Strategy

Being at the young age of my career and with the capacity to bear the risk, my investment strategy will be that of a moderately aggressive investor. As part of this investment strategy, I will be seeking long-term capital appreciation through mix of equity investments, few fixed income instruments and cash reserves, where the target return will be 10-12% on annual basis, while I do not have specific preference for dividend payment. Most important, despite of my preference for high return from my portfolio, I will refrain from investing in any penny stock. However, amid bullish run of the US ...

Executive Summary

Nike has been a world-class manufacturer of sports footwear and apparel for the past few decades. With immense marketing campaigns and celebrity endorsements, Nike has been able to establish a strong public image. With operations in more than 30 countries, Nike is truly a global operator. Most of these operations are concentrated in the developing countries – mainly Asia. However, the last few decades have seen a tarnishing of this giant’s reputation. Beginning with the labor practices issue in Nike’s Third world countries sweatshops to an inappropriately responding forecasting and ordering software, Nike has had its share of international problems all resulting ...

Business

The importance of ethics in international trade is a widely explored topic for businesses and individuals who have conducted these trades. Evidence suggests that a decrease in productivity is a direct result of unethical practices, which sometimes lead to lawsuits and reduced profits (Buchanan and Yoon). Scandals involving these practices are not only widespread, but very much recognized and can result in negative publicity for those concerned. Conservation issues as well as human rights are two of the most publicized issues when it comes to ethics. Unethical practices involving these two areas have been known to tarnish and sometimes destroy the ...

Introduction

Most organizations in the world today have a human resource management function as a strategic business unit. This is a strategic component that aligns the firm’s plans and activities with the people in the organization. The human resource management function has evolved from the basic and traditional labor relations and employee relations activity and function that was meant to manage labor as a factor of production. However, in today’s world, human resource management is a tool for competitive advantage. Therefore, it is treated as a form of capital which must be leveraged and optimized in a company The purpose of this paper is ...

Adidas is a German-based, multinational company that design, manufactures, and sells clothing, sports shoes, accessories, equipment, and luxury items for women and men. It has its headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, the locale where the progenitor of the company, Adolf Dassler, worked as a German shoes manufacturer. The company has shown noteworthy growth in the sporting goods industry to become the second biggest in the world. Moreover, Adidas offers luxury items for any and all consumers who want name brand items but not specifically for athletic purposes. Adidas has made significant initiatives to maintain its global placing within the very competitive market ( ...

Globalization of corporations has led to various pros and cons. Multinational corporations have proved beneficial for the economy and the company’s returns. However, there is more than just the economic perspective of globalization of firms. Most firms have been accused of eco-terrorism, child labor and other unethical issues. Most consumers benefit from cheaper products, but they do not understand what goes on in the production process. The thesis of my essay is to analyze the unethical issues involved in globalization of companies. These issues include child labor, which is one of the most prevalent ethical issues surrounding ...

[Author Name(s), First M. Last, Omit Titles and Degrees] [Institutional Affiliation(s)] [Include any grant/funding information and a complete correspondence address.] Globalization of corporations has affected the geography, people and the economic system. It is not surprising to understand that globalization has developed across borders to progress in trade; however globalization has not been beneficial for the people as the advantages of globalization are savored only by the corporations. The present approach of globalization has made people lose their national identity. The developed nations, for example, United States is considered to provide good living standards, and ...

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair talks about the poor conditions of immigrant workers in the meat packing industry in Chicago. The place, aptly named Packingtown, is the area where the major meat packing companies were found. This is where Jurgis, his family, and his then girlfriend and later on wife’s family migrated from Lithuania in hopes of a better life. Sinclair discusses in vivid details the hardships that the whole family went through in Chicago as their naivete as immigrants in a foreign country were played on and taken advantage by both the influential and the not so influential ones. ...