The track record of nike
The Track Record of Nike
How have Materialist economies shaped the social development and standard of living?
Alec McLeod-Toussaint
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Guide question
Describe the gap between the developed and the developing nation in terms of their respective level of development.
America’s human development index is 0.937 whereas Indonesia ‘s human development index 0.629
What is your selected ‘issue’ and which countries are most affected, both positively and negatively by it?
Nike and the countless scandals involving child labour: countries affected by this:
America (positively)
Indonesia (negatively)
Why do you consider your ‘issue’ to be important enough to want to bring it to the attention of millions of people?
The issue of child in third world countries (Indonesia) has been driven by corrupt Trans-national corporation (Nike) and the consumers of the companies nation (America). Child labour causes human trafficking, health issues and forced labour. The term “child labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical-mental development. It refers to work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children, and interferes with their schooling by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school, obliging them to leave school prematurely or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work. The statistical figures about child workers in the world have variation because of the differences in defining categories of age group and engagement of children in formal and informal sector. Who is responsible for this situation and why has it arisen?
There are multiple companies that have factories that violate humane working conditions but one of the major culprits is Nike. Nike is one of the many companies that produce many of their items abroad. The outsourcing that takes place is
How have Materialist economies shaped the social development and standard of living?
Alec McLeod-Toussaint
-28575534479500
Guide question
Describe the gap between the developed and the developing nation in terms of their respective level of development.
America’s human development index is 0.937 whereas Indonesia ‘s human development index 0.629
What is your selected ‘issue’ and which countries are most affected, both positively and negatively by it?
Nike and the countless scandals involving child labour: countries affected by this:
America (positively)
Indonesia (negatively)
Why do you consider your ‘issue’ to be important enough to want to bring it to the attention of millions of people?
The issue of child in third world countries (Indonesia) has been driven by corrupt Trans-national corporation (Nike) and the consumers of the companies nation (America). Child labour causes human trafficking, health issues and forced labour. The term “child labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical-mental development. It refers to work that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children, and interferes with their schooling by depriving them of the opportunity to attend school, obliging them to leave school prematurely or requiring them to attempt to combine school attendance with excessively long and heavy work. The statistical figures about child workers in the world have variation because of the differences in defining categories of age group and engagement of children in formal and informal sector. Who is responsible for this situation and why has it arisen?
There are multiple companies that have factories that violate humane working conditions but one of the major culprits is Nike. Nike is one of the many companies that produce many of their items abroad. The outsourcing that takes place is
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