right violation in their factories in Vietnam, Indonesia, and several other countries around the world. These violations were but not limited to metal abuse of workers, sexual abuse of workers, and forced overtime. These violations prompted the human right groups to conduct their own investigation to verify the validity of the information. After the information was verified, these groups started a series of campaign, which included letter writing to Nike to stop the mentioned abuses and human right violations.
Nike, in response, hired Andrew Young, former ambassador to the United Nations, to conduct an "independent investigation" it see if its subcontractors were in violation of any human and labor rights. Mr. Young issued a favorable report that there was no evidence of "abuse" or "mistreatment" of workers. At the same time that the report was released, Vietnam Labor Watch, Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee, and other human right groups released several extensive reports
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