Vietnam, Community Morality (Policy)

Nike Fines Its Joint-Venture for Producing Sex Toys

Published in Sex Weekly Plus, November 3rd, 1997

Nike, Inc. has fined a joint-venture plant in Vietnam $5,000 after a supervisor ordered workers to produce 51 rubber penises, an official at the plant said on October 13, 1997.

The first 36 "dildos" came to light when they were presented to a company official as a birthday present in June 1997. Disgusted, he threw them into a rubbish bin.

The management of the Taiwanese Pou Chen venture, which is based north of Ho Chi Minh City, immediately ordered a halt to production of the offending items.

The company official, who declined to be identified, said five Vietnamese workers later stole the penis mold and tried to blackmail Pou...

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