Have the CEOs of these overseas American corporations seen the harsh conditions of their factories? It may be true that corporations are cutting cost by having their international factory operating at the bare minimum, thus, creating a great profit margin for the company, but at what price? The ideas these corporations are operating under are unethical, inhumane, and unfair towards of their workers. Since the mid 1970s until recently, Nike was conducting business overseas in an unethical manner. Nike had given many misrepresentations about what they were really doing overseas claiming "they had nothing to hide" in the factories that manufactured their products, it was depicted as a great place to work as if nothing was being done without the employees' welfare taken into account first. Not to mention the unlivable wages that the employees were being payed, overworked and underpaid close to nothing only enough for simple necessities such as food, nothing more, not even enough to afford a place to lay at night. …show more content…
There are well documented cases of children manufacturing Nikes soccer balls in Pakistan. There have been laws placed to protect against child labor and slavery, but even then, there are still children being seen working in factories in undeveloped nations. The reason it is still possible to see children working in these harsh factories is because the countries government does not enforce these laws instead they stand by idly and watch as these crimes are committed. Organizations such as the "GATT and WTO prohibit member nations, like the United States, from discriminating against the importation of goods made by children" for that reason it is not as enforced (TED,