Nike's Is Doing The Right Thing Wrong

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“80% of the world soccer balls are made by Nike in Sialkot (Pakistan), a city of 3 million people”, according to David Montero in Is Doing The Right Thing Wrong ?( page 108). Nike’s contract with Saga Sports in March of 2007. Nike fears that Saga hiring children will violate laws,so Nike will not have Saga work for them. This will cost about 4,000 pakistani jobs. Also affects more than just the workers but their families.Although some say children are working in dangerous environments, people should buy products manufactured by child labor because children work so hard to make that product. In a city of 3 million people, Sialkot has “45,000 people that work for Saga sports for less than a $100 a month,is the the way of life”

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