Nike, as many other companies like Tesla, Lyft, Airbnb, Starbucks,  along with numerous tech giants have raised their voice related to  political concerns.  The information below offers some background and  overviews of ?Nike’s controversial ad. ? After critically reflection on  the sources?, post your response to the following question: Is  an organization taking a political stand an ethical dilemma? If so why,  if not why not? Draw on course vocabulary to support your thoughts. 
Are you aware of Nike’s controversial ad where they used a picture of  Colin Kaepernick for their “just do it” advertisement? To understand  this case, we need a little background knowledge about this football  player.  Colin Kaepernick was a well-known NFL football player. In 2016  he choose to kneel on one knee rather than stand during the national  anthem before a game as a sign of protest again injustice against  African-Americans in the United States. At the pre-season game in 2016,  Colin Kaepernicksat on his chair during the US national anthem, later,  he kneeled to show his protest (Mindock, 2018, paragraph 6). He said: “I  am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that  oppresses black people and people of colour,” (Mindock, 2018, paragraph  8).