The iPhone 5 recently released and with it news surfaced about a company with ties to apple called Foxconn. I'm sure you've heard of it by now but in case you haven't here's the low down, Foxconn supplies parts for the new iPhone however they treat their workers atrociously. Since they have begun investigations it has been found that Foxconn has suicide nets on its production buildings, workers often try to start riots, and of course child labor. Foxconn reportedly Employs nearly 1.2 million people in China. They have recently come out and said that they have been using child labor, and that they plan to clear the company of all under aged workers. How is it that these large companies are able to get away with using child labor? Did apple know about this and if not how? Companies that try to use child labor need to be stopped and punished and right now that just isn't happening.
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good job stating the facts and making sure people who dont know about foxconn now know.
ReplyDeleteI think that greed on the part of Apple and Foxconn allows for such conditions to exist. These companies are clearly willing to obtain labor for the cheapest prices (i.e. child labor) in order to maximize profits and thus put money in their own pockets.
ReplyDeleteAs for whether or not Apple knew about this, I'm sure they did - a company as big as Apple has to know something about the companies with which it conducts business.