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...reruns, at least Moore shows the ubiquity of job loss and corporate apathy--in every city Moore's book tour leads him to, he has no trouble unearthing some corporate atrocity that the rest of us took for granted. The movie climaxes in a rare interview between Moore and Nike CEO Phil Knight, in which Knight admits that he thinks it's okay for fourteen-year-old Indonesian girls to make his shoes. But Moore mishandles even this scene, relentlessly fishing for some explosive soundbite instead of trying to debate Knight...
...Worried about Asia? Take heart: South Korea's government announced plans for a $3.5 billion equity fund that will be used to purchase stock of troubled companies and keep their employees working -- and that of course means more spending money to buy stuff like Pentium chips and Nike sneakers. Heck, even Kodak had a good quarter...
Unjust working conditions--Kathie Lee and Nike have both gotten into trouble over them. Now, Students for a Sweat-Free Campus (SFSFC) are working to make sure that Harvard doesn't condone the same injustices...
...still got lots of money because of football, even if Campbell's Soup and Nike pull the plug on White's endorsement deals...
...Nike's critics have argued that the company cannot monitor work standards credibly with its own staff or with hired guns such as former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young, whom Nike paid to visit plants in China, Vietnam and Indonesia. He concluded that "Nike is doing a good job...but Nike can and should do better." Activists dismissed his report as propaganda. Of course, if Nike can't reverse its recent sales trends, job conditions won't be a problem for many of these workers. They won't have jobs...