D'un Monde à l'Autre : Apple, Foxconn, et la Chine. China - See The Horrors Inside The Secret Foxconn iPad Factory. Who Supplies Apple? (It’s Not Just China): An Interactive Map. Last month, Apple Inc. released its updated list of suppliers (PDF).
This report says it includes “the major manufacturing locations of suppliers who provide raw materials and components or perform final assembly on Apple.” ChinaFile used this data to construct the interactive map, above. The Cupertino-based firm has been publishing annual supplier responsibility reports annually for the past seven years. But this is only the second time that Apple has released detailed addresses of their suppliers. Apple first revealed a list of its top suppliers in 2012, when it also joined the Fair Labor Association, allowing independent audits of the company’s suppliers. Neither China watchers nor Apple watchers will be particularly surprised to note that the vast majority of Apple suppliers happen to be in Asia. Beyond Foxconn : Deplorable Working Conditions Characterize Apple's Entire Supply Chain-Electronics.
Beyond Foxconn : Deplorable Working Conditions Characterize Apple's Entire Supply Chain Click here for the press release Click here to download the report in pdf Statement by the Executive Director Li Qiang Introduction On June 14th, a Foxconn worker jumped to his death from his apartment building in Chengdu, marking the 18th reported worker suicide at Foxconn factories in China in just over two years[1].
Foxconn Workers on Strike After iPhone 5 Starts Brawls. Phone Story - iPhone game by Molleindustria. Apple: Foxconn "saved Lives" With Suicide Prevention Efforts. Apple on Wednesday commended Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn for setting up a 24-hour care center, installing large nets on buildings and other measures that have "definitely saved lives" after a spate of suicides at manufacturing facilities in China last year.
Foxconn, which assembles iPhones, iPods and other gadgets for Apple, came under scrutiny last year after a string of at least 13 suicide attempts at its production facilities in China, many of which occured at a sprawling complex in Shenzhen. The company was pilloried in the media over allegations of poor working conditions and bad management. Apple reported no such issues in its Apple Supplier Responsibility 2011 Progress Report, published Wednesday. The company requires its manufacturing partners to live up to specific standards of conduct and regularly investigates and issues a yearly report on its findings. "The team commended Foxconn for taking quick action on several fronts simultaneously...
Apple reconnaît un vrai système d’exploitation. KaressU News. Apple Responds, Confirms Foxconn Employee Suicide. Apple Manufacturer Foxconn Makes Employees Sign 'No Suicide' Pact. Workers at Foxconn's Chengdu factory, which manufactures Apple products, must reportedly sign a pledge promising they will not commit suicide.
Foxconn is notorious for the spate of suicides that occurred last summer. Though large nets were attached to catch workers trying to commit suicide, a new report by the Center for Research on Multinational Corporations and Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM), shows that conditions at these facilities are still incredibly poor. The Center is a nonprofit researching the activities of multinational corporations, while SACOM is a non-profit advocacy group for workers' rights.
According to Shanghaiist, the pact against suicide says it will provide "a reasonable pension" should employees kill or harm themselves (see the letter at Shanghaiist): The way the company deals with employee accidents is based in national law and is in accordance with regulations, as well as the principles of the corporation and humane care. China iPhone man commits suicide. A Chinese man suspected of stealing a prototype for the fourth generation iPhone has committed suicide.
Before his death, Sun Danyong told friends he had been beaten up by security staff from his firm, Foxconn, one of Apple's largest manufacturers. Foxconn, a large Taiwanese company which employed Sun in its huge Shenzhen factory, has launched an investigation. Apple says it is saddened by the death and is waiting for the results of the investigation. "We require our suppliers to treat all workers with dignity and respect," Jill Tan, an Apple spokeswoman in Hong Kong, told reporters. The Agony and Ecstasy—and 'Disgrace'—of Steve Jobs. While our tech-obsessed media fondled their iPhones, it was left to a courageous monologist to discover the real legacy of Apple's founder.
We live in a media world simultaneously obsessed with technology and personality, and so it was hardly surprising that when Steve Jobs succumbed to cancer, the coverage of his life would focus, alternately, on his incredible accomplishments in the former category together with his apparent shortcomings in the latter. Yes, Jobs was a genius and also an SOB. This is hardly unusual when it comes to geniuses. In Jobs’s case, his boorish behavior makes for an interesting biography, courtesy of Walter Isaacson, but it’s not really an issue for the rest of us.
About the Author Eric Alterman Eric Alterman is a Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and Professor of... Also by the Author Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on the McCutcheon ruling. Far more significant are the societal roles Jobs played.