By:

Alec Fisher

BEHIND THE SWOOSH

• The Swoosh

• Athletic brand name

• Adidas, Under Armor

• Michael Jordan

• Tiger Woods

• Derek Jeter

• Cristiano Ronaldo

• Followers

• How are big named corporations getting away with treating its workers overseas poorly?

Research Proposal:

“Slavery, if the shoe fits, Google, web.

DEEPER INSIDE NIKE

• More than meets the eye

• Sweatshops, child labor and minimum pay

GLOBALEXCHANGE.ORG

• CEO Philip Knight

• 6 Commitments

• How Truthful are they?

• Not the right promises

WHY NIKE KICKS BUTT IN SUSTAINABILITY

• Marc J. Epstein

• My Hypothesis vs. actual

• Nikes “Success”

• 4 key variables

ARE WORKERS RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS?

• Richard P. Mcintyre

• Sweatshops

• Who is to blame?

• Reflection of the business

• We need change

SWEATSHOP USA

• Daniel E. Bender & Richard A. Greenwald

• So public, yet no change

• Cycle

• Mexico problem

• USAS

• Pressure leads to change

INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS AND CHILD LABOR

• Carl Marks

• New route

• Third Formulation

• Give and take

• With caution

WORKS CITED • Epstein, Marc J., and Adriana Buhovac. Rice University. Why Nike kicks butt in sustainability .

• McIntyre, Richard P. Are worker rights human rights? Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2008. Print.

• Bender, Daniel E. Sweatshop USA: the American sweatshop in historical and global perspective. New York: Routledge, 2003. Print.

• Basu, Kaushik. "International Labor Standards And Child Labor." Challenge (05775132) 42.5 (1999): 80. Business Source Complete. Web. 20 May 2014.

• Nike swoosh. Digital image. Google images. Web.

• Nike factory. Digital images. Google images. Web.

• Michael Jordan. Digital image. Google images. Web.

• Tiger Woods. Digital image. Google images. Web.

• Just Do It Or Else. Digital image. Google images. Web.

• No Work, Lots of Work. Digital image. Google images. Web.