Tom Ward's Blog

Ethics play an integral role in the running of businesses across the world. For the most part businesses today are thriving under the confidence and the acceptance of the public and this is achieved through adaption of proper ethics in the business. However there are still successful businesses failing to implement ethical practices within their company. A prime example is Nike and their use of sweatshops. Although the number of sweat shops used by Nike has dramatically decreased over the last decade, they still exist. The ethical dilemma Nike faces concerns the methods in which they generate the lowest possible business costs. The idea of filling large factories with poor and low skilled workers in order to drive down operating costs is one Nike has implemented. It is ethical decisions like this that a business must consider. Nike may have the ability to produce good quality merchandise and turn over large scale profits, but their practices are far from admirable.

The small clip below gives a good idea of Nikes view on ethics.