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Nike Corporation
Labor Practice in Developing Countries
Over the past half century, the international flow of goods, services, and capital has grown rapidly. Globalization creates new economic, cultural, and social opportunities, but also poses the challenge of ensuring that workers throughout the world share in these opportunities. Multi National Corporations are investing in developing countries in order to exploit the new opportunities for division of labor on a global scale. This essay will examine & analyze the labor practice in Nike’s footwear and apparel factories in developing countries. In the mid-1990s Nike, one of the world's most successful footwear companies is hit by a spate of alarmingly bad publicity. After years of high-profile media attention as the company that can "just do it," Nike is suddenly being portrayed as a firm that relies on low-cost, exploited labor in its overseas plants. Nike officials vigorously deny the charges, claiming that Nike has no......

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