Nike’s dilemma: Is doing the right thing wrong? | csmonitor.com

In this bustling commercial hub near the Kashmiri border, fortunes seem to rise and fall with the Nike swoosh. Some 80 percent of the world’s soccer balls are produced here by Nike and other top sports brands - making Sialkot, a city of 3 million, a model of prosperity in a country where poverty and extremism freely intermingle.

But there is a controversy behind this pot of gold. In November, Nike severed its contract with Saga Sports, its chief supplier, saying Saga’s poor management exposes Nike to the threat of child labor and other labor violations.