Business Ethics
The case is: Apple Finds Human Rights Violations in Supply Chain which discussed the Apple’s factory and the condition of the factory. Apple is one of the largest mobile phone manufacturers in the world and they have many factories and workers around the globe. The audit team found out that there is several ethics issue for the factory of Apple. First is the factory hired underage employees which are under age of 16 and it is the youngest age for employment in china. And Apple also falsified identifications to allow underage to work in the factory. The factory also falsified payroll documents to reflect higher wage payouts to workers so people thought that the factory are paying a good wage to the workers but in the matter of fact, the wage are low and not reasonable. The falsification of documents for employment agency and vocational colleges by provide false identification to those who need the work also very unethical. They used the weakness of the student that need money and let them to work in the factory. There also more ethical issue on bribery and chemical-related health problem. It is the ethical issue related to government, society, employees and shareholders.
|Stakeholder |What does the organisation mean for the stakeholder |What does the stakeholder mean for the organisation |
|Employee |Organisation to provide a safe and comfortable environment for|Employee to give 100% of their time and effort during work |
| |employee to feel secure and protected by the organisation. It |hours and always take good care of the company benefit and |
| |also provide the wages and opportunity to self develop. In |always consider the best solution for company and not for |
| |this case, the organisation should provide a fair treatment to|themselves. In this case, employee should keep the company |
| |every employee. In this case,
|Stakeholder |What does the organisation mean for the stakeholder |What does the stakeholder mean for the organisation |
|Employee |Organisation to provide a safe and comfortable environment for|Employee to give 100% of their time and effort during work |
| |employee to feel secure and protected by the organisation. It |hours and always take good care of the company benefit and |
| |also provide the wages and opportunity to self develop. In |always consider the best solution for company and not for |
| |this case, the organisation should provide a fair treatment to|themselves. In this case, employee should keep the company |
| |every employee. In this case,
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