International Business Presentation-1

International BusinessPresentation onNike The sweatshop Debate

Submitted To Name of Teacher : Mr. Asif Mahbub Karim Associate Professor Proctor & Chairman Dept. of Business Administration Port City International University

Submitted ByName of Group: Name of Students:1.Mohammad Shafaet Karim, ID No : 009054392.Rahul Chandra Nath, ID NO : 009054513.Rabeya Akter, ID No : 009054694.Razia Sultana, ID No : 00905452 Program: MBABatch: 9

Q.1 Should Nike be responsible for the working condition at their subcontractors factories ?

Yes, Nike should be responsible and accountable for working conditions in foreign factories.

Every part of the supply chain is partially responsible for the entire supply chainForce subcontractor to make sure that workers get at least minimum wagesInfluence its subcontractors to improve their working conditionsImmoral to use child labor to maximize profit

Q.2 How could Nike deal with the negative publicity of the case study ?

As a global company Nike could take many steps to deal with negative publicity. Some steps are :Initial reaction to ignore negative publicityReasoned that they did not own the factoriesTry to sway attention among their competitorsTo address the concerns of the public directly

Q.3 Do you think Nike should change their current policy to deal with such problems?

Yes, Nike should change their current policy because their policies are very older and poor. For this purpose Nike should do :Make changes in their current policies by a building an organization cultureShould increase the wages of its workersShould also continue to improve the working placeFulfil its social responsibility and start improving the policies

Q.4 If sweatshops are a global problem what might be a global solution to this problem?

The firms are searching for low cost subcontractors in every corner of the world. So the sweatshops are a world problem. The possible solutions are :Change or at least modify the conditionsEnsuring that suppliers are providing proper safety , workers rights with minimum age and minimum wagesCreate an international organization with the authority to require companies to provide proper working conditionsPromote world free trade and continuing to improve the quality of life