1.   In March, two American labor activists said that Nike subcontractors in Vietnam underpaid, overworked, and mistreated employees.

2.   One reason regulators closed the plant was because the utility mistreated employees who complained about its problems.

3.   The pure free-market response says that employers who mistreat employees will lose good talent and eventually be driven out of business.

4.   They mistreated their employees to improve the bottom line and paid a far greater price.