Business 101 Case Study

Read the Nike mini-case at the end of Section 2.8, titled “Was Nike Responsible for Compensating Honduran Factory Workers?” ( see the attachment below)   NOTE the case study links in Section 2.8 are broken please use the following replacement links:

• Nike Press Release: Nike Statement Regarding Vision Tex and Hugger (2010) https://news.nike.com/news/nike-statement-regarding-vision-tex-and-hugger
• Working In These Times: Honduran Workers Speak Out Against Nike’s Labor Violations (2010) http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/5895/honduran_workers_speak_out_against_nikes_labor_violations/
• New York Times: Pressured, Nike to Help Workers in Honduras (2010) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/27/business/global/27nike.html
• Time Magazine: Just Pay It: Nike Creates Fund for Honduran Workers (2010) http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2006646,00.html
• Nike Press Release: Nike and CGT Statement (2010) https://news.nike.com/news/nike-and-cgt-statement

Then address the following questions, demonstrating the importance of business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

1. Do you think Nike was responsible for compensating the workers in Honduras? Why did it change its stance?
2. Did the students, universities, and workers themselves have all of the information they needed before becoming involved in the protest? Are their facts accurate?
3. Should students be activists? Do companies such as Nike ignore them at their own peril?

Directions for all discussions:

• Make sure you have informed opinions, supported by the materials you’ve read.
• You can certainly disagree with readings, but you must refer to the readings and provide support for your position

Use APA in-text citations and references.