Despite improvements in worker rights laws in China, Nike Inc. says significant problems remain there in working conditions and with managers not meeting Nike's standards. Problems the athletic footwear and apparel giant listed in its first corporate responsibility report to focus solely on China include inadequate management, excessive overtime and workers using false documents to get jobs. Nike said it decided to release a country-specific report because the 2008 Olympics in Beijing are attracting so much attention to China. Nike spokesman Alan Marks said the problems highlighted in the report are "consistent with the problems we face globally."
See "Nike says worker rights problems continue in China despite new laws", Sarah Skidmore, Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 13, 2008