Sweatshops of Nike
Harsh Working Conditions
Where are Nike sweatshops located?
After many years of criticism over Nike's sweatshops, they released their locations as China, Thailand, South Korea, and Vietnam. These are the main factories and are where most of the products are made. Other places include Australia, Canada, Italy, Mexico, Turkey, and the United States.
What are the products made in these sweatshops?
What are the conditions of Nike sweatshops?
How did the Industrial Revolution affect working conditions today?
Am I more concerned with how the products I buy are made?
Resources
Greenhouse, S. (1997, November 7). Nike Shoe Plant in Vietnam Is Called Unsafe for Workers. Retrieved January 14, 2016, from http://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/08/business/nike-shoe-plant-in-vietnam-is-called-unsafe-for-workers.html
Sweatshop. Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia [serial online]. 2015;:1p. 1. Available from: Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, Ipswich, MA. Accessed January 14, 2016
Kates M. The Ethics of Sweatshops and the Limits of Choice. Business Ethics Quarterly [serial online]. April 2015;25(2):191-212. Available from: Business Source Premier, Ipswich, MA. Accessed January 14, 2016.
Mouritsen J. Discussion of 'Accounting and Sweatshops: Enabling Coordination and Control in Low-Price Apparel Production Chains'. Contemporary Accounting Research [serial online]. Summer2014 2014;31(2):347-353. Available from: Business Source Premier, Ipswich, MA. Accessed January 14, 2016
Greenhouse, S. (1997, November 7). Nike Shoe Plant in Vietnam Is Called Unsafe for Workers. Retrieved January 14, 2016, from http://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/08/business/nike-shoe-plant-in-vietnam-is-called-unsafe-for-workers.html