CSR: Nike as #3

Hi everyone,
This post concerns our presentations today on CSR. My group briefly presented a list of “The 100 Best Corporate Citizens in 2007”, which was put together by an American company called KLD.  As we discussed in class, what our group found the most shocking was that Nike was among the top 3 corporate citizens [...]

Nike’s Path to Corporate Social Responsibility: The Bad became the Good!

“JUST DO IT” is an inspirational tagline to millions of Nike’s athletic gear customers. But in terms of corporate social responsibility (CSR), the company hasn’t always followed its own advice. Recall to what our classmate has presented 2 days ago or click here to see an example of how activists launched an all-out campaign against [...]

Nike

Dealing with greenwash, you almost cannot miss the company NIKE. Being a stakeholder of the Global Reporting Initiative, one could expect them to respect the guidelines of this initiative. The aim of the GRI is to “establish a common framework for enterprise-level reporting on sustainability…” (Studyguide 5.4.1). It includes three aspects of sustainability: environmental, social, [...]