Summary Of The Noble Feat Of Nike By Johan Norberg

The article “The Noble Feat of Nike” by Johan Norberg talks about how Nike is gaining numerous benefits because of its location in a Third World communist country, Vietnam. Majority factory workers have endured extreme conditions in life, which is why they do not demand or expect too high, unlike Americans who would not accept such circumstances without increased wages. Nike has been providing factory workers with favorable wages, education, medical aid, and meals, but all this is only possible because Nike has always targeted a poor country. Indirectly, Nike not only obtains money through making quality gym shoes, but also through investing in poor country and earning extra dollars. Furthermore, this article also shows statistics on how Nike has improved, within a decade by saying that $54 a month of income leads to workers buying a bicycle after 2 years; otherwise every individual has to walk several miles a day.
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One of the major reasons why minorities are accepting to work in Nike factories is because those factories are in door and workers do not need to strive like they had to for farming. They are not concerned about being burned in extreme temperatures, nor do they have to fear or worry about agricultural diseases. This does not mean Nike has proper facilities available for workers to utilize, but if compared to farming this job is slightly more flexible.” Furthermore, the Nike job comes with a regular wage, with free or subsidized meals, free medical services, training and education”. These are all the things provided by a factory to manipulate a farm worker to leave farming and cooperate with Nike instead. The tactics unfortunately work and eventually the outcome is positive because farmers do not have any other option, but to choose a job with slightly favorable