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Foxconn Tragedy: Unethical Business practice

Posted by: | September 11, 2012 | 1 Comment

Apple products have become prevalent electronic products during the first decade of the 21st century. Aside from their utility and fashion, apple products have a tragic story behind its illuminating cover. Foxconn is a Taiwan-based company that is responsible for most of the manufacturing of apple products. Many of their factories are based in mainland China, where the economy is thriving and the concept of minimum wage is obscure. Blinded by its pursue of maximizing the profit, Foxconn has neglected the working conditions of its employee in many of the factories in China. The degradation of the working conditions of factory workers has gotten to a point where in 2010, more than ten workers have jumped to his death. Critics have identified this astounding behavior as the extreme case of work-stress by the Chinese workers. “Over ten hour shifts, they are required to assemble 4000 computers”(http://chinalaborwatch.org/pro/proshow-98.html), changing tasks every 7 seconds.Foxconn’s unethical actions of treating its employees as faceless entities who serve for the benefit of the company have frowned many people promoting labor right justice and led the public to view it as the iconic symbol of a “sweatshop” in the 21st century.

You can watch the video of this tragedy here:

Source Cited

“Foxconn – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikipedia, n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn>.

Chen, Michelle. “Foxconn Deaths Illuminate Deeper Tragedies in China’s Workforce.”Foxconn Deaths Illuminate Deeper Tragedies in China’s Workforce –. N.p., 2 June 2010. Web. 11 Sept. 2012. <http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/6051/foxconn_deaths_illuminate_deeper_tragedies_in_chinas_workforce/>.

Photo Credits

“Foxconn Employees Say Underage Workers Were Hidden Before FLA Inspection | Cult of Mac.” Foxconn Employees Say Underage Workers Were Hidden Before FLA Inspection | Cult of Mac. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cultofmac.com/147878/foxconn-employees-say-underage-workers-were-hidden-before-fla-inspection/>.

Video Credits

Sacom2005. “The Truth of the Apple IPad Behind Foxconn’s Lies.” YouTube. YouTube, 06 June 2011. Web. 08 Oct. 2012. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3YFGixp9Jw>.


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