In these two transcripts there is good interaction between several reporters, Dusty Kidd, Vada Manager, and the two Dartmouth professors from the Tuck Business School. Nike Conference Call with the Professors and MBA Students Final Report of Amos Tuck Business College, November 3, 1997. This is a transcribed conference call with Dusty Kidd, Vada Manager - Senior Manager for Public Relations, and the MBAs who conducted the study. The students cite many statistics to support Nike's claims that it pays a living wage. The short answer is no.
Corporations pay the going rate for labor wherever they are.
And Nike maintains that the rate is good. Research conducted by Dartmouth College, for instance, found that Nike subcontractors in Indonesia and Vietnam paid above subsistence levels, allowing workers to save a portion of their earnings. TIME found this to be true at Yueyuan. Nike and Amos Tuck just wanted to end the controversy. It was these initiatives that were to address the FAQ issues raised between 1996 and 1998.