Nike Factory Workers Case Study

Is exploitation and working conditions a problem in countries like Indonesia, China and Thailand? Yes. Many American consumers purchase items and use things everyday that they have no idea how they were made or where they came from nor do they care. Why should they have to care how the item was made or anything about it? To care about something can simply mean to feel concern or interest for it. I think many Americans care about the working conditions of the factory workers that our creating our consumer goods such as shoes. But they only care about it in the sense of feeling concern or interest in it. Caring in this sense I believe does not help at all solve the problem of terrible working conditions of factory workers. Therefore it doesn't
Because of the endorsement all the coaches and the team were required to wear and promote the product. Jim knew of Nike being known for exploiting their workers in places like Indonesia. Jim heard that Nike factory workers were really well paid and were happy to have the jobs they had. Jim wanted to find the truth out for himself about the factory workers of Nike. Jim said, “I wanted to know the truth first hand, I wanted to see it, I wanted to smell it, I wanted to hold it in my hand.” Jim traveled to Tangerang, Indonesia with a friend of his, Leslie Kretzu to live as Nike’s factory workers lived. This meant living in the slums and only living on a dollar twenty five a day which is the same pay as a Nike factory worker. Jim planned to do this for a month. Jim did this so he could understand the truth about the lives of Nike’s factory workers. Jim found it was near impossible for a decent human being to live there life on the wages of a Nike factory. This forced workers to have to work massive amounts of overtime in order to be able to support themselves and their families. Jims way of caring was to gain an understanding of the problem that factory workers had than try to bring this problem to light for people that had major positions in Nike. Some of the people Jim tried to talk to was Phil Knight, CEO of Nike and many business partners of Phil. All of the people Jim tried to talk to usually didn't care or didn't want to talk about