It is obvious that China has a serious environmental issue that has been threatening the health of it’s citizens with only 3 out of 74 of it’s major cities meeting the minimum air quality standards in 2013. The industrialization of China has come with an economic boom but has created nothing less then a environmental disaster. With lack of laws in place protecting the environment in China makes me wonder who is responsible for this disaster?
In order to address these issues you must look at the ethics of these companies. These companies do not care about the environment it seems but rather they only care about minimizing costs in order to maximize profits. These bad business ethics are being encouraged by international companies that are out of China such as tech companies, clothing brands and car companies. Nike is seen as a green company that has good business ethics. Greenpeace has investigated factories that Nike has been using and found the opposite.
The Ningbo plant has been polluting the river it is beside with toxic chemicals. This plant produces for Nike which Nike has confirmed but denies using the wet process of the plant. Nike still is promoting these bad ethics by continuing business with a plant that is polluting the river. In order for this disaster to be resolved companies like Nike need to make changes with who they do business with.
Richard Lee’s Blog: https://blogs.ubc.ca/richardlee/2014/09/21/companies-changing-education-for-the-better/