SWOT analysis of Apple This is an Apple Inc. SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background Name Industries served Apple Inc. Computer hardware Computer software Consumer electronics Digital distribution Worldwide U.S. Tim Cook $ 156.508 billion (2012) $ 41.733 billion (2012) 72‚800 Samsung Electronics Co.‚ Ltd.‚ Amazon.com‚ Inc.‚ International Business Machines Corporation‚ Cisco Systems‚ Inc.‚ Google Inc.‚ Microsoft Corporation
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Microsoft” prepared by the National Labor Committee in April 2010‚ KYE Systems Corporations was accused of being a sweatshop‚ while the software giant Microsoft distanced immediately itself from KYE and threatened to terminate production contracts. Like Foxconn-Apple case‚ KYE’s malpractice and Microsoft’s ignorance have together created a no-win situation among both of them‚ workers‚ surrounding communities and the environment. The following paragraphs analyze the social and environmental issues of KYE-Microsoft
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Public Relation Individual Assignment Title : Apple’s Labor Issues and PR Miseries Overall Introduction: Public relation can be defined as a practice of managing the flow of information between an individual or an organization and the public. Nowadays‚ public relation is becoming more and more important between people and company. This essay will identify the article “ Apple’s Labor Issues and PR Miseries” with 3 main questions: Question 1: What has caused public opinion to turn
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February 4‚ 2015 Who Makes the Apple iPhone 1. What are the benefits to Apple of outsourcing the assembly of the iPhone to foreign countries‚ and particularly China? What are the potential costs and risks to Apple? There are many benefits for Apple in outsourcing their assembly line to China. Although Apple claims that the decision wasn’t about the cheap labor‚ it all comes down to the money. The decision was rooted in the fact that it would save Apple a lot of money. It is understandable that
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IPAD Final product: Apple iPads are made by Apple’s contractor‚ Foxxconn in China Foxconn is located in Shenzhen‚ China‚ where most of its 250‚000 workers have traveled to make ~ $14 per day and assemble Apple products. Battery: The iPad uses an internal rechargeable lithium-ion polymer (LiPo) battery. The batteries are made in Taiwan by Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology. Body: IPAD body made of aluminum. Aluminum comes mostly from an aluminum ore called bauxite. But
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“Deontological Ethics.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-deontologic al/ Puerto‚ K. (2011). “Foxconn quiere reemplazar trabajadores con un millón de robots en los próximos tres años.” Xataka apasionados por la tecnología. Retrieved from http://www.xataka.com/robotica/foxconn-quiere-reemplazar-trabajadores-con-un-millon-de-robots-en-los-proximos-tres-anos Social Justice Plat4m. (2011). “Is it ethical to automate business?” Retrieved
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people in the United States‚ because they lose jobs because Apple is outsourcing to China. 3. What are the potential ethical problems associated with outsourcing assembly jobs to Foxconn in China? How might Apple deal with these? One of the biggest ethical problems associated with outsourcing assembly to Foxconn is that the employees have been targeted for their poor working conditions. This is of course an ethical problem‚ because Apple knows about the working conditions‚ but has not done anything
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University Press‚ Cambridge‚ MA Kuhn‚ P Scott‚ A. (2000)‚ Work and Health‚ Primary Care 27‚ 1057–1079. Whaples‚ R. (2001)‚ Hours of Work in U.S. History‚ Retrieved from http://www. eh.net/encyclopedia/article/whaples.work.hours.us. Understanding Foxconn‚ Wordpress (Mar 8‚ 2011)‚ Retrieved from http://understandingfoxconn.wordpress.com/ Yang‚ H.‚ P
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This article is published in a peer-reviewed section of the Utrecht Law Review Four Case Studies on Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Conflicts Affect a Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Policy? Cristina A. Cedillo Torres‚ Mercedes Garcia-French‚ Rosemarie Hordijk‚ Kim Nguyen‚ Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple‚ Canon
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Business Project Topic: Apple Computers Introduction Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is a multinational corporation that designs‚ manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices‚ personal computers‚ and portable digital music players‚ including a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions‚ and third-party digital content and applications. Its most popular hardware products are the series of Mac computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone‚ and the
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