Ethics in Purchasing: St. Johns' College and Nike

M05 Assignment: Ethics in Purchasing
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M05 ASSIGNMENT: ETHICS IN PURCHASING
The film depicts the story of a former St. Johns's soccer coach who became involved in the campaign against Nike's abuse of employees in Indonesia. The beginning of the documentary introduces a former soccer coach of St. Johns named Jim Keady. Keady claimed that he wanted to get to the stock market and increase its sales. However, things went the other way round when he joined St. Johns College to pursue soccer. While in college, he studied catholic socialism, which involved studying exploitation. During the process, that h came to know that Nike is the best exploiter in the world.
In contrast to his knowledge, St. Johns began to negotiate a 3.5 billion dollar endorsement deal (TeamSweat, 2014). However, he protested against the deal, which fired him for not supporting the endorsement. To assert the allegation, he met up with a colleague, Lisa, who confirmed the ...