Your probably right Jim.

You could try to like Chineese workers with SARS to product that has been exported world wide. Now that kind of press would be real tough to stop. {evil grin}

__Stephen

>>Tom, I try not to myself. Sometimes they are the best fit in the "low end" range of shoes. I hate how they operate! Unfortunatly all the other manufactures do the same thing.
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>Yes, and I don't think there remains a viable way for us, the general public, to put a stop to such things.
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>>>I do not buy Nike products. I remember a report not too long ago that stated Nike pays a Chinese worker 1 1/2 cents per shoe (direct labor cost). Imagine the $95 million contract Nike just gave a High School basketball player who has never played pro ball? Gee - I think it is about profits and image.
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>>>>Do you purchase Nike products? They are the worst at off shore manufacturing. Cost per unit including shipping to the US, 2->10$
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>>>>>Now if those countries that pick up the work in another country because they can do it cheaper would at a minimum be forced to provide the same work conditions and safety standards it would be easier to swallow...
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>>>>>>Hi Jos,
>>>>>>You messege remind me econmic lectures in University.
>>>>>>Yes you are perfectly right that industry which require low paid labor force are moving to countries, which are able to supply it.
>>>>>>Transport connections become cheaper and it become easy to supply more productive regions with higher life style with cheaper goods.
>>>>>>Cheaper is not equal to low quality as some try to state in this tread.
>>>>>>I suppose that in the feature regiaons, which have low cost living expences will produce clothes and regions with higher cost expences will produce software. Of cource there will be exceptions.
>>>>>>I belive that globalization will become bigger and bigger. May be some people don't like it, but this is reality.
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>>>>>>Outsourcing is American management invention, where firm save expences outsourcing some jobs to more productive firm outside company.
>>>>>>In most of the cases firm from developed countries look for outsourcing opportunities. If there are demand of cource will appeare supply :-).