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https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/congressional-body-urges-nba-stars-end-endorsement-chinese-sportswear-2021-06-01/
DustinDustyDust
How much is enough for crying out loud.
Cockbelt
Wait until they learn about American slave labor. They'll all have to move to Belgium or some shit.
FarkasMacTavish
Urged by whom?
Shaodyn
Much like the rest of America, the NBA will stand up for what is profitable, not what is right.
allthenamesaregone
Why should businesses when governments don't?
Eramik
To set a good example, and apply pressure to said governments
CaptHappy
Money before all else...ALL ELSE... Pathetic
zochRot
But muh monay!
D0ntB3ThatGuy
LeBaby at the thought of having to give up slave money
VaderWasANazi
Unfortunately no i don’t think they will. Not till we consumers stop watching and stop buying apparel.
Partsx
Does one give away their right to criticize black slavery and oppression if they knowingly do the same to the chinese slaves? no shame.
ZiegfeldDeVil
They didn't due to genocide I have little faith they will now.
Evi1Gav
Not be sponsored by Nike? Are you mad?
DonL9
But what about their yacht and mansion payments?
Trickky
Why can't you take their money and still speak out. You still get a lot of money, and you end up doing the right thing too.
AngryGraphicDesigner
No more than players calling out their shoe sponsors for doing what the NBA is doing. Smoke and mirrors!
ThatWhineInYourEars
How is the NBA using slave labor directly?
AngryGraphicDesigner
Indirect or direct, knowing it and not taking action is being ok with it.
BlackMageMinis
I dont know let$ $ee what happen$. $urely they will $tand up for what$ right......
pm1001
Boycotts work
3KnucklesDeep
USA needs to end its own slavery first
gotreference
thelaaaaaw
Why would the NBA stars stop supporting a country that gives them Nike money?
Oshjoshbagosh
Haha lol
nein999
NBA urges people as to how a nation that endorses forced labor watch more basketball games and pay for their cash flow than the free worlds
likuidlightning
I'm $ur€ ₮h€¥'££ ₫o wha₮'$ righ₮.
RadiantCrescendo
Lebron sure likes social justice issues, until it hurts his bottom line.
anglarite
That's on par for every company and person.
Fargus57
Lebron won't even say whether he's been vaccinated or not. He's not giving up money from China. Great player, lousy person.
pflugerville
NBA is losing interest in the US. Soon they'll all be playing in China anyways.
MollyInanna
Anyone see Cena's apology? Humiliating, embarrassing.
CannibalisticVegan
It's John Xi Na***
Mentok
No business will do the right thing unless it's also the profitable thing
RTG31
The triple bottom line hopes to change that. Make businesses think about “profit” in terms of the environment, the community and also $$
Zilthuras
True, that's why the sanctions for doing the wrong thing should be so high that simply getting caught once makes it the expensive option.
CorrugatedUrethra1995
When doing the right thing costs more it's essentially a tax on conscience. Love throwing that in libertarians faces.
FlippedOut
Legally the company must act in the best intrest of its shareholder. So if they do something that reduces profit they can be sued.
FlippedOut
The argument then is weather avoiding slavery and reducing profits is good for the company. Normal people would say it is. USA law.......
solosloop
So then never.
RackhamTheRed
It won't be profitable until people care enough. Consumers are the ones who make the choice
harthram
And China is aware of this
Rhythmaster
If we start boycotting them they will have to choose between western market or Chinese market. If they choose chinese market it's too late.
Rhythmaster
That means they are effectively making more money from China than USA, at that point its game over for all of us. CCP wins. FATALITY.
AjaxGBR
Mentok
It doesn't mean they're evil, it's a matter of using laws to align what's good with what's profitable.
AjaxGBR
Agreed. It needs a big enough movement to get them to change their stance. But I am not holding my breath
Mentok
Ya don't waste your breath. Our companies tell the govt what laws to write so that's only a theoretical solution.
aethryll
I'm not saying it's right, but corporate boards have a legal responsibility to act in the shareholder's best interest. see fiduciary duty
aethryll
by extension I believe CEOs and CFOs do as well. This is for publicly traded companies of course, there are rules for private ones with inv
asanaustralianwhyareyourpostsupsidedown
Stop watching until they change, makes it pretty profitable pretty quickly.
mcberg1337
Go further, make them afraid to make this mistake again. Stop watching entirely and tell them why. Don't come back. Pick a new sport.
asanaustralianwhyareyourpostsupsidedown
If we take the NBA and Hong Kong as the example, if North America reacted on mass, in my scenario the NBA are forced to stand up to China,1/
asanaustralianwhyareyourpostsupsidedown
in your scenario they're obligated to stick to their decision as they've already lost North America they can't afford to lose China too.
mcberg1337
Yes, but in my example other companies will see this example and know they can't simply apologize after getting caught.
Baltzdelirium
I had a huge debate in the early 2000s about how we needed to incentive people to do the right thing or it'd never happen.
Mentok
Was it with an alien? Humans need incentive, like, in general
Baltzdelirium
was an attorney with his own office name on a building and held onto the romantic belief that the world would figure it out regardless
Mentok
I get it, he made it, so anyone can. And if they don't, it's their fault, not the system's.
Baltzdelirium
Mnh maybe i didn't really get a lot of pretensiousness from him tbh.