So this has contributed to how we see society today, people notice girls doing better in school and genuinely how people see education. Sue Sharpe researched and investigated the ambitions of girls in the 1970s and the 1990s and compared them. Her results showed a major change in the way the girls saw their future. In 1974 Sharpe interviewed girls and resulted in low aspirations such as wanting children, marriage, and love as their main priorities. By the 1990s Sharpe went back to the same school and interviewed girls again and they had changed their priorities to careers and being able to support themselves by being more dependent rather than relying on a husband.
Nike’s Corporate Social Responsibility MGMT 6213 – Ethics in the Workplace Wendy Bailey / Thomas Sullivan October 30, 2011 Nike’s Corporate Social Responsibility Nike, Inc., a Fortune 500® company, is a leading producer of sporting equipment, athletic shoes, and athletic apparel. The company employs over 30,000 people worldwide with an additional 500,000 through a complex series of subcontracting agreements. Throughout its history, Nike has undergone a transformation from a competitive business seeking the lowest cost manufacturers, to one that focuses on its corporate social responsibility in every aspect of their operations. This paper will outline unethical claims against Nike, provide a defense of those claims, demonstrate Nike’s evolution, and outline a triple threat recommendation for future success. Allegations of Ethical and Corporate Social Responsibility Lapses Throughout the paper, the author outlines how Nike is sourcing its products in factories and countries where low wages, poor working conditions, and human rights problems are rampant.
To make her argument more effective, she talks about a woman named Mary Finucane and her person experience with her daughter. She also uses statistics and similar studies on her topic. Using subtitles made the reading more understandable and easier to follow. This article and argument provides evidence on how young girls are acting older than they should and how they reduce this problem. Hane’s starts her article by talking about Mary Finucane and how she noticed a change in the way her daughter acted after she discovered Disney princesses.
Individual Organizational Structure Paper MGT/230 August 31, 2012 Wal-Mart is one of the largest corporations around the globe. They accommodate thousands of customers more than 200 million times per week at more than 8,446 retail units. Wal-Mart employs more than 2.1 million associates worldwide. Wal-Mart’s size is one of great proportion and requires the horizontal, divisional, and vertical organizational structures to lead as one of the largest corporations in the world. Wal-Mart’s divisional structure, according to the text, “as organizations grow and become increasingly diversified, they find that functional departments have difficulty managing a wide variety of products, customers, and geographic regions.
Later, that week I found myself speaking to a very enthusiastic woman with a plethora of insight on what to look for in a grant that the Wellness Center may actually use. She told me of a variety of incentives and charities that the Wellness Center offers our students that could always use some extra money. She gave me a list of events they host and showed me how they target first year students on drug and alcohol education simulations and what new ideas they had in mind. Mrs. Parker wanted us as a group to try and find a grant that would help fund a new advocacy program
d.) “Is where people mobilize to help their neighbors across the street, across the country, and across the world in emergencies”. American Red Cross (n. d.) website statistics states, “Each year in communities large and small, victims of some 70,000 disasters turn to neighbors familiar and news, and the more than half a million volunteers and 35,000 employees of the Red Cross for help.” American Red Cross’s (n. d.), “700 locally supporting chapters, helps more than 15 million people gain the skills they need to prepare for and responds to emergencies in their homes, communities, and world.” The American Red Cross (n. d.) is one of the largest ranked volunteer humanitarian organizations in the world lead by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter, and Fundamental Principles the International Red Cross, and Red Crescent Movement who response emergency disasters. As a worldwide movement, American Red Cross (n. d.), “offers neutral humanitarian care and grieves to the victims of war. The organization distinguishes itself, by aiding victims of devastating natural disasters,” by providing food, shelter, and hope to millions. The organization’s purpose is to making a positive difference by improving the quality of human life, enhancing self-reliance and concern for others, and helping people avoid, prepare for respond to, and cope with
Nike has been able to brand its company by establishing solid partnerships, mergers and/or subcontracts with other companies and corporations, such as Converse, Hurley International, LLC, Umbro, LTD., etc. Their world headquarters is situated in Beaverton, Oregon but they operate in six continents and directly employ over 35,000 people. Nike’s mission is stated to be to inspire every athlete in the world with their products and services. On the company website, Nike states the following: “Our goal is to carry on his legacy of innovative thinking, whether to develop products that help athletes of every level of ability reach their potential, or to create business opportunities that set Nike apart from the competition and provide value for our shareholders.” Mostly all of Nike’s products are manufactured by independent contractors, with footwear and apparel being created outside the U.S. and equipment products produced both within the U.S. and abroad. Nike now takes a holistic approach to its production and marketing of products so that the company continues to grow in products and profits, but also shrinks in its waste energy and water uses in the environment.
Along the way, Nike has established a strong Brand Portfolio with several wholly-owned subsidiaries including Cole Haan, Converse Inc., Hurley International LLC, NIKE Golf, and Umbro Ltd. Nike’s world headquarters is located near Beaverton, Oregon, a suburb of Portland. So while the Pacific Northwest is the birthplace to Nike, today is operating in more than 160 countries around the globe. Through our suppliers, shippers, retailers and other service providers, and it directly or indirectly employ nearly one million people. That includes more than 30,000 Nike employees across six continents, each of whom make their own contribution to fulfill our mission statement: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.
On the other hand, Nike, in 2000s, started to seek the best investment with the highest returns. They traced the symptoms of poverty back to their roots, and it led them to an unexpected solution and a catalyst for change: adolescent girls. They believe that when a girl in the developing world realizes her potential, she isn’t the only one who escapes poverty—she brings her family, community, and country with her. That’s why Nike has exclusively focused on adolescent girls and they started to support this “The Girl Effect”. “This isn’t a social issue.
Question #1: Sourcing Headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, Nike, Inc. has become the largest supplier of athletic shoes, apparel and sporting equipment in the world. In 2012, Nike reported revenue of approximately $24.13 billion dollars (Schulz, n.d). Nike’s sourcing strategy has traditionally been characterized as vertical disintegration through the practice of outsourcing their manufacturing activities to independent factory owners in foreign countries (Collins, 2010). Outsourcing allows Nike to focus on their core competencies such as marketing and product development (Mongelluzzo, 2002). Nike creates the manufacturing designs and specifications, and their suppliers follow them through the production process.