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NIKE's Labour Troubles Nike publicizes itself as one of the leading industries in corporate responsibility. However, they do not comply with several human rights obligations overseas in countries like Thailand, Pakistan, China, Vietnam and Indonesia. In these countries, production facilities called sweatshops have been running for almost 35 years employing workers as young as 13 years of age. The conditions of these factories are adverse to say the least and deprive workers of the moral human

Apart from Western’s individualism, East Asian, particularly Chinese people whose traditional culture has been mainly shaped by Confucianism, Buddhism and other for thousands of years (Fan, 2000; Pecotich and Yang, 2001), are more focus on collectivism. Based on the definition of Merriam-Webster, individualism means “the actions or attitudes of a person who does things without being concerned about what other people will think.” Individualists are more self-centered and their ways of consumption

only fulfill NATO obligations, Canada's participation in Afghanistan was part of a larger mission; to combat global terrorism and save the oppressed citizens of Afghanistan. Canada's participation in the war in Afghanistan brought Canada world recognition for being more than

movement), merged with each other; start to become more political. Encourage member to vote for candidate who show their interests. Farmer alliance becomes the people party in 1892. (Populist Party) Demand they made includes: 1. A permanent union of all working classes; wanted farmer and working to share the same bond. 2. Wealth for the worker; wanted the working to have a say in what they want. 3. Government ownership of railroads; didn’t want to be screw over by rr. 4

Why did Australia become involved in the Vietnam War? Australia first came involved in the Vietnam conflict in 1962 when the Australian Government sent a team of thirty army advisers to help train the South Vietnamese Army for its fight against the NLF guerrillas. At the same time a squadron of Royal Australian Air Force fighters were sent to nearby Thailand. While the alliance with the USA was becoming increasingly important, Australia still had strong ties with Britian. In January 1965, Australia

5-8). This set-up alleviates the problem of a lack of primary schools, and by completing the curriculum in 3 years, it allows those children who started late to catch up. (CARE Interview) Save the Children Denmark’s “Alternative Basic Education Project” was implemented in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. While this is not a pastoralist region, it provided Save the Children and the Ethiopian government many insights to non-formal education models and many organizations began implementing Alternative Basic

“We the people of the United Nations,” is the beginning of the UN preamble. First states, “Determined to save succeeding generations from war.” Secondly to, “reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights.” Third, to uphold international law. And fourth, “to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom.” The UN is a controversial topic that many people have different opinions about. In this paper it will discuss the history to how the United Nations came about, the structure

A school is a that place which is designed to provide learning spaces as well as environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Schools are the roots of every children in his/her life. With the help of school students grasps wide array of knowledge from school which is beneficial for them in their future. However, some people argue that private schools are better over public school. From my point of view, private school are better because it is enriched with academic opportunities

all the actions IKEA has taken to inform themselves, react, and respond to child labor within their supply chain. Back in 1994, IKEA was first aware of child labor in their sub-contracting suppliers through a Swedish television documentary showing children in Pakistan working at weaving looms. Pakistan was a large importer of IKEA carpets at the time. Since this moment of awareness, IKEA had been dealing with this issue

Article summary This article by Andrew McCathie posted in EarthTimes and titled “European inflation climbs unemployment at 12-year high was posted on Friday July 30 2010. The article reports that food and energy costs have played a critical role in driving up inflation in the 16-member eurozone. The rates of unemployment remained stagnant to its highest level during this time. Introduction The recent global financial crisis that affected not only America but also Europe and other parts of