“Nike boss Phil Knight’s 1994 salary was $1.5 million. On current wages, a young woman in China churning out his shoes would have to work nine hours a day six days a week for 15 centuries to match that.”

“Some 13 years ago, a leak from the Union Carbide plant at Bhopal was responsible for the deaths of 3,800 and injuries of up to half a million.” These examples...