the interest of this appalling revelation of Apple and partners‚ Foxconn and in addition to the explosion of a factory on January 25‚ 2012 that manufactures iPads in Chengdu‚ China‚ which killed four and injured eighteen. This horrifying incident called forth the China Labor Watch to investigate factories of Foxconn in China. China Labor Watch helped a journalist organize a visit to Foxconn to report about working conditions in Foxconn (China Labor Watch 2012). As the crisis escalates‚ Apple executives
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for IPads or IPhones‚ and the development of material for production. When it comes to supply chain‚ Apple’s ethical performance policy aligning with the entire supply chain is very well explained. This goes further than the Foxconn scandal. According to Tyson (2013)‚ “Foxconn‚ which is a popular Apple contractor for Apple‚ had terrible working conditions‚ where employees would rather kill themselves than build an Apple product. The lack of effective corporate governance and forceful establishments
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(Digital Solipsist 2010) Power from the Traditional‚ Modernist‚ and Postmodernist Prespectives‚ April 26‚ 2010 – Academic Paper‚ School http://www.digitalsolipsist.com/2010/04/26/power-from-the-traditional-modernist-and-postmodernist-perspectives/ (Foxconn Technology‚ Sept 11‚ 2012) http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/foxconn_technology/index.html (Foucault‚ M. (1995) Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison. Vintage) http://www.scribd.com/doc/26150474/Foucault-M-Disciplin
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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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