Case study: Apple iPhones - Not "Made in America" 1. What is meant by the globalization of human capital? Is this inevitable as firms increase their global operations? The globalization of human capital refers to the fact that employees are now spread out across the world by their employers. This including‚ the companies‚ employed‚ unemployed‚ stockholders‚ consumers‚ contractors‚ supply chain‚ firms and economies. Companies branch out because labor costs are cheaper and productivity is faster
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October 15 Name: David Saghian Date: October 13‚ 2013 Title of article and source: Foxconn admits student intern labour violations at China plant http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/88524304-319f-11e3-817c-00144feab7de.html#axzz2hfbZmLGO What 3 things did you learn from this article that has given you more insight or understanding about doing business globally? 1) I learned that Foxconn‚ one of the leading manufacturers for Apple products has been involved with multiple scandals over
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This article talks about the Apple’s challenge on labor issues. A new report from the Fair Labor Association indicates that there are a lot of problems of Foxconn‚ one of Apple’s major suppliers. The study found at least 50 issues related to the organization’s code of conduct and Chinese labor law‚ namely the number of hours worked per week by Foxconn workers. The average time worked at each of the three factories in question was more than 60 hours per week during peak production periods. The key ethical
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the workplace environment at Apple ’s Chinese suppliers. An article in The New York Times publicized unsatisfactory worker conditions‚ which included grueling 24-hour shifts‚ overcrowded dorms‚ exposure to toxic chemicals‚ and horrific explosions. Foxconn Technology Group operates many of the plants in question in Chengdu‚ China. When it comes to customers‚ Apple is said to be a bold innovator that leads the industry into new directions and forces others to follow. However‚ when it comes to the management
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19-3Field Incident in Bohai Bay. Ecological Economy. 2013(1). pp155-159. Wartrick‚ L S. Cochran‚ L P. 1985. The Evolution of the Corporate Social Performance Model. Academy of Management Review. 1985‚ Vol‚ 10‚ No. 4‚ pp. 758-769. ‘Steve Jobs says Foxconn in China “not a sweatshop” after worker deaths’‚ The Guardian‚ 2 June 2010‚
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went up and the workers have to pay with their lives. Some workers even think that taking their own lives is the only way that they can escape these miserable work conditions . “Last year a startling 18 Chinese migrant workers attempted suicide at Foxconn production facilities located in Guangdong‚ Jiangsu and Hebei Provinces. Fourteen
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2012 4-BBC. (06/12/2009). British Airways cabin crew vote for Christmas strike. Available: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8411214.stm. Last accessed 11th March 2012 5-Lou. (13.06.2010). Foxconn suicides and Honda strike in China: Call for Asian workers solidarity. Available: http://gatheringforces.org/2010/06/13/foxconn-suicides-and-honda-strike-in-china-call-for-asian-workers-solidarity/. Last accessed 10th March 2012 Rose‚ E. (2008). Employment Relations. 3rd ed. Essex: Pearson Education Limited. 456
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Apple is a global giant whose success has been built on outsourcing to a range of other organisations located across the world. How can different organisational theory perspectives assist us in acquiring different understandings of Apple‚ its organisational networks and influence? In this essay you must use at least two perspectives to analyse Apple. Success is because of outsourcing. Network and influence meta-therotetical Environmental contingency theory‚ insisutitional theory or stake hodlder
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the way we use technology today. The success of Apple has created some challenges that has shed both good and bad light on this billion dollar company. In China we will review some negativity surfacing in the country due to working conditions at Foxconn one of the largest electronic manufacturing companies in the world. In South Korea Apple faces off against Samsung in a major court case concerning patents in which both companies accuse eachother of infringing upon eachothers technology patents
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