Nike Ethics and Human Violations

So it was obvious then that they were not concerned for the well being of the people. Even staff members who knew that the safety of customers was in danger due to the defect of these tires, failed to report it to the authorities. And when Firestone was confronted with accusations about the performance of the tire, they provided misleading information. Therefore, this represented a very critical ethical problem. According to an executive director of auto safety, “if consumers never find out about this problem, these companies will end up saving millions of dollars in recall costs at the expense... ... middle of paper ... ...rights.

The report was ineffective as it failed to establish the true picture concerning the working conditions in the factories. The report did not appeal to the public either and faced heavy criticism given that it did not even address the issue of low wages. Nike did the right thing in 1998 when Phil Knight, the CEO acknowledged the issues surrounding the labor practices of its contractors. The company prohibited the hiring of underage workers, enforced OSHA clean air standards for all its factories and started increasing its monitoring activities in the factories to ensure compliance. In the following year, the Fair Labor Association was created with the mandate of creating a code of conduct and establishing independent monitoring.

According to Sweatshop Fact sheet, workers who work for J.C Penny are beaten and eat the bad food in America Samoa. It¡¯s important because workers should not get beaten for work. It harms workers babies and workers don¡¯t get expectation. Even the police cannot beat up a criminals. How could factories beat the workers?

Nike has not created and implemented an effective approach to social responsibility. When Nike published a Corporate Responsibility Report in 2005, they realized its business processes and production pressures often clashed with the code policies and led to violations and employees and managers cutting corners. Nike also designed a self-run monitoring program to rate factories on a letter scale based on the requirements in areas such as work hours, wages, grievance systems, chemical management, fire safety, and protective equipment. However, the results failed to end any of the significant problems. Reports of a factory in Bangladesh stated management punished employees for learning about labor rights, and reports of a factory in Malaysia discovered workers paying an outrageous recruitment fee and being denied their passports until it was paid off.

BP executives were flabbergasted regarding the intense media attention and upset after being taken to task for their incompetence. This paper will explore the issues surrounding the giant mess and what can be learned from the incident. The gulf Oil spill was bad; the company’s public relations strategy made matters worse. Their game plan was to stonewall the media, deny any responsibility and hope the issue would solve itself. Needless to say, that plan did not work—and they did not have a “Plan B.” Media outlets demanded answers from BP concerning what caused the disaster that started April 10, 2010.

European Parliament [online]. Available at: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/hearings/19970617/droi/doc5_en.htm [Accessed 17 May 2014] Nike workers 'kicked, slapped and verbally abused' at factories making Converse. (2011), Mail Online [online]. Available at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2014325/Nike-workers-kicked-slapped-verbally-abused-factories-making-Converse-line-Indonesia.html [Accessed 17 May 2014] Nisen, M. (2013), How Nike Solved Its Sweatshop Problem. Business Insider [online].

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Nike has not created and implemented an effective approach to social responsibility. When Nike published a Corporate Responsibility Report in 2005, they realized its business processes and production pressures often clashed with the code policies and led to violations and employees and managers cutting corners. Nike also designed a self-run monitoring program to rate factories on a letter scale based on the requirements in areas such as work hours, wages, grievance systems, chemical management, fire safety, and protective equipment. However, the results failed to end any of the significant problems. Reports of a factory in Bangladesh stated management punished employees for learning about labor rights, and reports of a factory in Malaysia discovered workers paying an outrageous recruitment fee and being denied their passports until it was paid off.