I have a couple 12 page papers that I did on this in high school. I'll look em up and give you some sources. Probably one of the first things in school I did that meant anything. But if you just type in Nike you'll get something almost anywhere.
Wiki
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Human rights concerns
Nike has been criticized for contracting with factories in countries such as
China,
Vietnam,
Indonesia and
Mexico. Vietnam Labour Watch, an activist group, has documented that factories contracted by Nike have violated minimum wage and overtime laws in Vietnam as late as 1996, although Nike claims that this practice has been halted.
[11] The company has been subject to much critical coverage of the often poor working conditions and
exploitation of cheap overseas labor employed in the
free trade zones where their goods are typically manufactured. Sources of this criticism include
Naomi Klein's book
No Logo and
Michael Moore's documentaries.
Nike was criticized about ads which referred to
empowering women in the U.S. while engaging in practices in
East Asian factories which some felt disempowered women.
[12]
In the 1990s, Nike faced criticism for use of child labour in
Cambodia and
Pakistan in factories it contracted to manufacture footballs (Soccer balls). Although Nike took action to curb or at least reduce the practice of child labour, they continue to contract their production to companies that operate in areas where inadequate regulation and monitoring make it hard to ensure that child labour is not being used.
[13]
These campaigns have been taken up by many college and universities, especially
anti-globalisation groups as well as several anti-sweatshop groups such as the
United Students Against Sweatshops.[
citation needed] Despite these campaigns, however, Nike's annual revenues have increased from $6.4 billion in 1996 to nearly $17 billion in 2007, according to the company's annual reports..
