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by grkhetan
5348 days ago
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Apple actually did a lot to better the labor conditions at the plants. They routinely publish a report about it as well. What I wanted to say is that Foxconn makes products for a large number of companies : Acer, Amazon, Intel, Cisco, HP, Dell, Nintendo, Nokia, Microsoft, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Vizio, and others, apart from Apple. I am sure their products are also manufactured in the same labor conditions. Why is Apple being blamed and not any of the other companies? In fact, since Apple's name has been publicized, they have done much more to improve the conditions there, I am not sure whether these other clients did even a little bit. |
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That you are not aware of criticism of other companies does not mean it does not exist. Just as Nike took point with criticism of its sweatshops but many companies also suffered that criticism.
But Apple from it's 1984 commercial, it's commercial celebrating Gandhi, all of its associations with musicians, the entire Apple brand stands for a humanism that is belied in its production methods.
They can do more.
Not only do they then deserve the criticism, they are precisely the most effective company to pressure due to their leverage with FoxConn giving them power, and their overall brand message giving critics power over Apple.