Nike Ethic Issue

Nike ethic issue:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/iaaf-ethics-commission-provisionally-suspends-leaders-of-athletics-kenya-1448904656

http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethicalcompanyratings/nikeethicalcompanyratings.aspx

http://businessethicscases.blogspot.com/2013/04/nike-abuse-in-indonesia-2011.html

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303873604579493502231397942

As one of the biggest producers in the world Nike has violated a lot of ethical problems.

1. Cheap labor force with high working hours. Each worker in China need to work for 60 hours a week as average with a low salary.

2. Avoid tax. Nike has registered in several countries for paying less or not.

3. The independent ethics commission of the International Association of Athletics Federations said it was suspending Athletics Kenya’s president, vice president and former treasurer pending an investigation into several allegations against the officials, including the “potential improper diversion from Athletics Kenya of fund s received from Nike.”

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In 2015 Nike received a worst rating in Ethical Consumer's environmental reporting category.

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Ethical Consumer viewed the Nike Corporate Responsibility report online at www.nikeresponsibility.com in May 2015.

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The report discussed energy and climate, toxics, water use and waste. However, it was not considered to demonstrate a reasonable understanding of the company's main impacts, as no mention was made of agriculture or the sourcing of raw materials. 

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The report contained some dated and quantified targets to reduce impacts across these four areas. However, only the toxics target went beyond 2015: "Achieve zero discharge of hazardous* chemicals for all products across all pathways in our supply chain by 2020."The report stated that the...