The Change Petition
1. Task 1
1.1 Laudable Decision
A Washington-based communications worker Mr. Mark Shields deserve to praise who organized The Change petition calls on Apple to release a worker protection strategy for new product releases, saying that injuries tend to spike at times when staff are under the most pressure. Mr. Shields intended to raise Apple’s attention to the workers who worked in poor working conditions. He collected over thousands of signatories from public to support the petition and asked for Apple to do more to ensure its Chinese factory workers can be treated better. The product, iPhone 5 to be made ethically.
The petition has been acknowledged by Apple and said that they cared about every work in its supply chain.
Actually, Mr. Mark Shields is not related to any affairs concerning Apple, his action is totally initialed by himself.
1.2 Culpable Decisions (mincul/midcul/maxcul)
Mincul – Apple has known about labour abuses in some factories for four years and they are still going on. Extended overtime, continuous shifts, crowded living accommodations, under-age labour and less than minimum wage are still exist. Once, the deal has been set with Foxconn, Apple will no longer give attention to worker conditions or anything that is irrelevant to its products. Totally ignore the Supplier Code of Conduct which they developed to police their suppliers.
Foxconn is Apple’s most important manufacturer who in the world with the scale to build sufficient numbers of iPhones and iPads. So Apple refuses to push Foxconn to follow their Supplier Code of Conduct, as Apple is not going to leave Foxconn and they are not going to leave China.
Midcul – Wintek, an Apple manufacturing partner who ordered their workers to use n-hexane to clean iPhone screens even they knew n-hexane is a toxic chemical that can cause nerve damage and paralysis. There were 137 Wintek workers injured due to the use of u-hexane, a fast-evaporating chemical used to polish iPhone screen.
1.1 Laudable Decision
A Washington-based communications worker Mr. Mark Shields deserve to praise who organized The Change petition calls on Apple to release a worker protection strategy for new product releases, saying that injuries tend to spike at times when staff are under the most pressure. Mr. Shields intended to raise Apple’s attention to the workers who worked in poor working conditions. He collected over thousands of signatories from public to support the petition and asked for Apple to do more to ensure its Chinese factory workers can be treated better. The product, iPhone 5 to be made ethically.
The petition has been acknowledged by Apple and said that they cared about every work in its supply chain.
Actually, Mr. Mark Shields is not related to any affairs concerning Apple, his action is totally initialed by himself.
1.2 Culpable Decisions (mincul/midcul/maxcul)
Mincul – Apple has known about labour abuses in some factories for four years and they are still going on. Extended overtime, continuous shifts, crowded living accommodations, under-age labour and less than minimum wage are still exist. Once, the deal has been set with Foxconn, Apple will no longer give attention to worker conditions or anything that is irrelevant to its products. Totally ignore the Supplier Code of Conduct which they developed to police their suppliers.
Foxconn is Apple’s most important manufacturer who in the world with the scale to build sufficient numbers of iPhones and iPads. So Apple refuses to push Foxconn to follow their Supplier Code of Conduct, as Apple is not going to leave Foxconn and they are not going to leave China.
Midcul – Wintek, an Apple manufacturing partner who ordered their workers to use n-hexane to clean iPhone screens even they knew n-hexane is a toxic chemical that can cause nerve damage and paralysis. There were 137 Wintek workers injured due to the use of u-hexane, a fast-evaporating chemical used to polish iPhone screen.