What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word “Apple”?
When one hears “Apple”, instead of the fruit, he or she thinks of the large corporation that sells iPhones, iPods, Macbook and more. However, what most people don’t take into consideration is how and where they are made, or who their manufacturer is. Apple is respected as an outstanding corporation across the globe because they create fashionable products which are convenient and efficient for everybody to use. Few people know that Foxconn, a Chinese technology manufacturing company, supplies Apple with their products. According to several news reports and journalists, the working conditions in the Foxconn factories are abominable. The workers breathe in ashes daily, they were paid less than what they should get and their work environment is unsafe; some of them have even gone to the extent of trying to commit suicide. So the question is, should Apple be recognized as a renowned corporation that creates technology to improve people’s lives without much regard for their employees’ working conditions?
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