University Wire, June 6th, 2000
University Wire 06-06-2000 (Independent Florida Alligator) (U-WIRE) GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- How much are ethics and compassion worth? Last month, they cost the University of Oregon $30 million. The whole affair began after students pressured the administration to join the Worker Rights Consortium, an anti-sweatshop organization that aims to aggressively monitor and expose working conditions in overseas factories where clothing that bears university logos is made. Phil Knight, the CEO of Nike and University of Oregon alumnus who had given so much money to the school that it was jokingly dubbed "Ni...
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