Exploring Business Industry

Today in class we watched a documentary about cocoa production in the Ivory Coast. We learned about the many terrible conditions involved with it as well as the child labor that is a part of it. We saw leaders of Nestle companies talking about their goals and issues with the cocoa production and the profit that follows as well. To follow up on some research about the business industry I looked at a website about Nike's sustainable innovation (http://about.nike.com/pages/sustainable-innovation). The website stated three goals of Nike's work which included: minimizing environmental footprint, transforming manufacturing, and unleashing human potentials. This made me wonder about the specific goals that all other companies that affect my daily life have. Today also made me want to know if the cocoa farmer's pay will ever be increased, and if Nestle will create a better environment for them with the money they make?