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Management ethics is how personal moral norms apply to the activities and goals of commercial enterprise (Drummond 1994) - Using the above quote this essay will critically examine the ethical dilemma that Nike faced with its labour.
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Management ethics is how personal moral norms apply to the activities and goals of commercial enterprise (Drummond 1994) Using the above quote this essay will critically examine the ethical dilemma that Nike faced with its labour. Nike's corporate responsibility goals make no mention of wage requirements, support for organising and collective bargaining, or limits to overtime work for its workers in the third world. Workers in Nike's suppliers' factories are overworked and subject to abusive management practices. Workers who speak to journalists about conditions in their factories or try to organise unions to defend their rights continue to be systematically humiliated and dismissed. Wages in Nike's suppliers' factories remain unconscionably low. In Indonesia, employees of clothing suppliers are expected to work in excess of 65 hours a week and yet are struggling to survive on less than $1 a day Nike started relocating its production in 1976, first to Korea, and...
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