Apple’s popularity has increased a lot the last few years, but nowadays criticism against Apple is also growing. Most people know Apple as a healthy company that produces innovative products, but few people know that these products are being fabricated by Chinese companies. One of these companies is Foxcon. Foxcon is known for not respecting human rights. Reports indicate that Foxcon’s workers are physically punished when they aren’t performing well and that working conditions are often very dangerous. This is why Apple is receiving more and more criticism. Apple claims their supplier code of conduct prevents such things from happening, but it seems like Apple is neglecting their own code of conduct in order to realize more profit.(The Guardian)
Although Apple isn’t acting ethical, they are forced to minimize their costs if they want to stay competitive. This is shown by the fact that Foxcon also manufactures products for other electronic firms. But I think that the balance between profit and ethic should change. In my opinion Apple can afford to reduce their profits in order to create better working conditions.
Cedric Meyers
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