[pic] Assignment 2 Case Study of Foxconn Ning JIA 23944021 Wei SHI 23776234 Simin LIU 23624337 Jieru HE 21216819 Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 Background 4 2.0 Explanation 6 3.0 Analysis and Evaluation 8 3.1 Utilitarian View 8 3.1.1 Absolute Utility 8 3.1.2 Marginal Utility 8 3.2 Kantian Views 10 3.2.1 Utilitarian View Revisited Error! Bookmark not defined. 3.2.2 Means not Ends 10 3.2.2 Respecting one’s
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researchandmarkets.com/reports/2081894/ Foxconn Technology Co.‚ Ltd. (2354) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review Description: Foxconn Technology Co.‚ Ltd. (2354) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review Summary Foxconn Technology Co.‚ Ltd. (Foxconn Technology) is an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company engaged in research & development‚ production and distribution of computer‚ communication and consumer electronic (3C) products. Foxconn Technology is a part of the Hon Hai
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Sociology Module code: HS1003 Social Problems in a Global Context AY 2012/2013 Semester 1 A Case Study on Labour Exploitation by Foxconn in China http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-26/foxconn-workers-labor-under-police-watch-after-riot-shuts-plant (must print) An essay submitted by Ng Hui Min [U1230824D] A Case Study Background on Foxconn’s riots Since 2010‚ Foxconn was introduced to the world and was under massive public scrutiny for its infamous suicide cases located in China (Shenzhen) responsible
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Corporate Fraud Foxconn Technology Group Background Foxconn Technology Group‚ subsidiary of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.‚ Ltd.‚ which is the manufacturer targeting on electronic products like PC components‚ is founded by Terry Gou. First founded in Taiwan‚ Foxconn started to establish factory in Mainland China in 1988 and then expands its business very quickly. As the world’s largest manufacturer targeting on contract electronics‚ its clients are all over the world‚ including American‚ European
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one of its key suppliers‚ Foxconn‚ where a recent mass suicide threat posed an ethical dilemma facing Apple and its new leader. The Telegraph reported [11th Jan 2012]: Around 150 Chinese workers at Foxconn‚ the world’s largest electronics manufacturer‚ threatened to commit suicide by leaping from their factory roof in protest at their working conditions. The workers were eventually coaxed down after two days on top of their three-floor plant in Wuhan by Foxconn managers and local Chinese
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Strategos‚ Inc. 3916 Wyandotte Kansas City MO 64111 USA 816-931-1414 Apple‚ Foxconn & Manufacturing Strategy By Quarterman Lee‚ P.E. Strategos‚ Inc. 23 June 2012 C O N S U L T A N TS • E N GI N E E R S • S T R A TE G I S T S www.strategosinc.com 1 © 2012 Strategos‚ Inc. Apple‚ Foxconn & Manufacturing Strategy Steve Jobs and Apple Computer once built a "factory of the future" in Fremont‚ California. They spent $20‚000‚000 and then closed it after just two years. Today‚ Apple ’s
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in contemporary China are the signs to all the corporations which rely heavily on cheap Chinese labours that adaption of new business strategy‚ management style‚ and corporate structure is urgent. In 2010‚ a series of tragedies among workers at Foxconn in China has again proved the necessities to initiate fundamental changes in accordance to the new social and economical conditions in China. A total of 12 deaths and 2 suicide attempts pointed out severe issues of Foxconn’s policies and management
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the business to choose. INTRODUCTION TO FOXCONN All the Apple products‚ including Apple iPods‚ iPhones‚ and MacBook series are manufactured globally‚ but the biggest factory with which Apple contract to make products is Foxconn Technology Group in Shen Zhen‚ China. Foxconn Technology Group‚ also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.‚ Ltd is the world’s biggest manufacturing conglomerate by market revenue. It has its walled factory city of 270‚000 Foxconn employees in Shen Zhen‚ and in that factory
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Apple iPod in China Stephen Frost1* and Margaret Burnett2* 1 Department of Asian and International Studies‚ City University of Hong Kong‚ China 2 Corporate Environmental Governance Programme‚ University of Hong Kong‚ China Keywords: Apple; iPod; Foxconn; China; sweatshop; Hon Hai; supply chain; electronics Introduction to the Case A ll material in this case is based on publicly available information. The case is intended to be used for both research and teaching purposes. The authors make
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global forefront. Businesses are challenged to act beyond their economic well-being‚ with the ethicality and sustainability of a firm determined largely based on its ability to meet the “Triple P bottom line” of People‚ Planet and Profit10. In 2012‚ Foxconn Technology Group‚ a supplier to electronics giants Apple‚ Microsoft‚ Sony and Amazon.com16 came under public scrutiny for multiple unethical issues. Foxconn’s “hellish” work environment was criticized. It pushed employees to work excessive 60-hour
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