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This 9-page paper examines the impact that MNCs have on the government and policies of least developed nations. A literature review and discussion about the topic is included. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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of human rights were outraged, pointing to the fact that Nike had the "responsibility" to ensure that all its employees, no matter where in the world, were treated fairly and
honorably. As the record demonstrates, Nike responded by initially shrugging its shoulders of responsibility, pointing to the fact that it contracted its manufacturing activities to third parties in this regard,
and it was the responsibility of the third parties, not of Nike, to ensure good working conditions. This, of course, led to a huge public relations nightmare for Nike and
outraged advocates calling for boycotts of Western products. No doubt, however, the workers in these "squalid" Nike plants were likely scratching their
heads, wondering what all the fuss was about. By Western standards, sure, the working conditions were likely not exemplary. But by the standards of the LDCs in which these plants
were based, the conditions were almost heaven. The "child workers" (most of them, who, by the way were older teens, rather than the almost-toddlers that the outraged advocates would have
portrayed) had regular working hours and a higher salary than they would have had anywhere else. They were also kept off the streets -- which was important in some of
these nations, in which children tended to be sold at an early age to bring much-needed resources into the family. The purpose
of bringing up the story here isnt necessarily to rehash the nightmare that was Nikes publicity during the middle part of the 1990s, but rather, to demonstrate that in the
minds of most people, Nike had a responsibility to the people in the Third World nations that were churning out the shoes and other clothes for people in the West
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