conditions of oversea manufacturing factories‚ most notably Foxconn‚ which has been a controversial subject for quite some time. Foxconn has come under fire several times in recent years. According to an article by the New York Times (2012)‚ some time before an iPhone launch‚ some students were forced to work on the assembly lines‚ and if they didn’t‚ they would fail their course. Though the students were only there to learn and not work‚ Foxconn needed the extra manpower to fulfill orders placed by Apple
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Re-take exam IB55 29 Jan-05-Feb 2013 OPTION 2 This is the mandatory Cover Page to be attached to your exam paper if you choose to work with OPTION2 Dynamic Corporate Social Responsibility: Apple‚ Inc. Marcello Montrone INTRODUCTION The social psychologist Kurt Lewin (1890-1947)‚ once wrote: “There is nothing as practical as a good theory”. According to this saying we tend to consider theory very important and that it can be helpful to guide us on the correct way. This
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| Apple Case Analysis | Dr. Jacobs Buad326.101 | | Charles Fields | 4/12/2012 | | Foxconn a major Chinese manufacturer and supplier of Apple products‚ was audited from February-March 2012‚ after receiving an increasing amount of criticism in relation to their current business practices. Accused of “turning a blind eye to dismal working conditions at partner factories” (Paronen‚ 1)‚ Apple agreed to allow the Fair Labor Association (FLA) to conduct an audit of their suppliers’ factories
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Essay on Today’s HRM situation in China This essay is mainly about my understanding of human resource management situation in China nowadays by using the relevant HRM knowledge and issues. At the same time‚ I select Foxconn‚ a foreign-funded enterprise whose headquarter is in Shenzhen‚ Guangdong‚ as the local organization in China to discuss and analyze the HRM situation from the specified case. The fast development of China couldn’t last without most producing migrant workers’ effort. However
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Introduction (A) Background of Foxconn Foxconn is the subsidiary of the Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.‚ Ltd.‚ which is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturing company headquartered in Taiwan. It is the world’s largest maker of electronic components. Foxconn is primarily an original design manufacturer and its clients include major American‚ European and Japanese electronics and information technology companies. Notable products manufactured by the company include iPad‚ iPhone‚ iPod
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kill the boredom of the employee from doing the same type of work on daily bases. Factor of job rotation has been at low in foxconn‚as foxconn works into specialized products at a high production and manufacturing rate‚ The company has hired a group to audit workplace conditions‚ the Fair Labour Association or FLA‚ as a result of the issues raised‚ the group reported that Foxconn addressed several workplace concerns‚ such as enforcing ergonomic breaks‚ changing the design of workers’ equipment to guard
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a company can obtain long-term development should be pay more attention. Placed Foxconn into today’s greater economic and social environment‚ China has experienced an important economic and social change‚ it will also affect people’s expectations and meaning of work. For previous generations of employees of Foxconn‚ almost all jobs have been viewed as equal and noble. Therefore‚ assembly line work for them in Foxconn is a job of which makes them proud because they can realize the family sense of
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reign in monetary value. A shocking 13 young workers attempted or committed suicide at the two Foxconn production facilities in southern China between January and May 2010‚ with ten deaths‚ and three unsuccessful attempts all between the ages of 17 and 25. Foxconn maintains ownership of the factories‚ which Apple contracts out to conduct their manufacturing. After this amount of suicides‚ Foxconn decided to put up a net around the roof of the building to catch further laborers attempting to commit
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YAHONG LI JIANGYONG LU ZHIGANG TAO SHANG-JIN WEI FOXCONN V BYD (A): COMMERCIAL ESPIONAGE OR LEARNING BY HIRING? Teaching Note Synopsis Foxconn International Holdings Limited (“Foxconn”) is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of mobile phones. Its competitor‚ BYD Company Limited (“BYD”)‚ entered the market in 2003 and has initiated a learning-by-hiring strategy by actively recruiting workers from Foxconn. In May 2006‚ Foxconn first discovered a leakage of its trade secrets to BYD through
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Workplace stress The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) defines workplace stress as “the process that arises where work demands of various types and combinations exceed the person’s capacity and capability to cope.” This can lead to sickness‚ absences and high levels of staff turnover within a business: results which are positive for neither the staff nor the company. However‚ despite claiming that stress at work is widespread throughout the UK‚ the HSE (2010) also offers strategies designed to
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