Table of Content Executive summary 4 Introduction 5 Overview of the company 5 Economic 7 Current Issue 7 Responding the suicide case in China in economic aspect 7 Current economic issue in Foxconn 7 Future opportunities and risk in Asia region 8 Opportunities 8 Risk 9 Recommendation 10 Political 10 Current Issue 10 Suicide case on political aspect 11 The relationship with China and Taiwan 11 Future forecast 12 Opportunity 12 Risk 13 Recommendation 13 Social 14 Current Issue 14 Current social issues in Foxconn- Suicide Case 14 DISCUSSION ON LABOR, HUMAN RIGHTS AND OHS 15 Future Opportunity and Risk 18 Opportunity 18 Risk 18 Recommendation 18 Environment 19 Current issues 19 Future opportunities and Risks 19 Opportunity 19 Risks 23 Recommendations 24 Conclusion 25 Reference 26
Executive summary
This report provides the current economic, political, social and environmental issues, future opportunities and risks, and recommendations for Foxconn. There were a series of suicide incidents happened in Foxconn around 2010 which puts the company under the spotlight.
The huge net deficiency in 2010 is the biggest issue in economic part. The political issues involved the tense relationship between Taiwan and China which have impacts on trades. The social aspect of suicide incident is discussed from the perspective of labour, human rights and occupational health and safety. Additional, pollution is one of the biggest problems on the environmental aspect.
Some recommendations also are proposed in this report to response the current issues of Foxconn and solve the risks Foxconn would face in the future
There are some limitations for the report as some problems do not have a right or wrong answer, also since the main incident was happened in China, it is believed that some information was covered up beyond search.
Introduction