1. Nikes dispute with University of Oregon
Knight announced on April 24, 2000 that he would no longer donate money to the University of Oregon. This was an unexpected move by Nike's high profile executive and alma mater of the University of Oregon. ... Oregon did this in response to student activists, and faculty that wanted to take steps to ensure that products sold in the campus store, especially university-logo apparel, were not manufactured under sweatshop conditions. ... Nike felt that the university should have followed the FLA. The decision of the University to support the MRC was due to the fact that the students fe...
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