A DECENT FACTORY

A Decent Factory is a documentary film about globalization using Nokia as the subject. In our global economy Western companies are more and more moving their production to countries where costs are lower.This is causing cultural and moral dilemmas,because in these countries the working conditions, workers’ rights and environmental issues are often in conflict with the practices of Western countries.At the same time international investment funds are looking much closer at the ethical side of businesses. French filmmaker Thomas Balmes decided to approach this subject using Nokia. He was particularly interested in the question of whether there were some Nordic or Finnish values, a sort of softer capitalism, behind Nokia’s success.