Nike:The Sweatshop Debate

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Nike : The Sweatshop Debate

Nike is a global corporation that was established by former University of Oregon track star Phil Knight in 1972 . It is one of the leading marketers of athletic shoes and apparel in the world . Nike does not engage in any manufacturing in the operation of their business . The company designs and markets its products but they hire subcontractors to manufacture it . They have contracts with about 600 factories all over the globe that employs more than

650 ,000 people . Despite the company 's success it had been accused that its products are made from sweatshops ' wherein workers , many of which are children are driven to slave working under hazardous conditions for very low compensations (`Nike , 154

The company has been criticized by various non-governmental organizations as it is seen as the symbol of the evils of globalization Nike is said to exemplify a western corporation that exploits the people of poor countries in to produce expensive shoes and apparel for their own profit . The CBS 48 Hours news report is among those that made an expose regarding the inhumane labor treatment that is happening in most Nike manufacturing factories . The report focused on a Nike factory in Vietnam wherein workers , some of them are children work six days a week and they are paid only 40 a month which is a mere 20 cents an hour . This clearly shows the exploitative labor that Nike manufacturing companies...