FoxConn proves that an Apple a day doesn’t necessarily keep the doctors away
by sandrawoo ~ October 9th, 2012. Filed under: Uncategorized.Tech Giant, Apple, is worth an astonishing $508 billion dollars as of May 2012. (Zoe Fox, Mashable Business) With products in 160 nations around the world, one would think that they must have an amazing business model to reach a successful industry position.
Yet, according to Cole Dickson’s blog post, Apple is being questioned for accepting violations of human labor laws in their line of production. One of Apple’s lead manufacturers for Ipads, FoxConn, have been feeling the heat from the media. Some accusations include: unpaid overtime hours, forced long work hours, unmanageable living conditions as well as forcing these poor employees to keep their mouths shut. There have even been reports of 18 attempted suicides as of January 27, 2012.
With the billions of dollars Apple makes per year, how could they possibly not allocate more money into protecting the lives of the hard workers that build each one of the billions of products they sell? In the eyes of many consumers, this is unfathomable. It is horrifying that these products are still going to continue being sold while these employees continue in this vicious cycle of intense labor.
<Photo Source: Dvice. FoxConn Factory Explosion. Chengdu, China. Unknown>