Thursday, January 26, 2012

Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com

Excerpt from a stark globalization snapshot

Apple is not the only electronics company doing business within a troubling supply system. Bleak working conditions have been documented at factories manufacturing products for Dell, Hewlett-Packard, I.B.M., Lenovo, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, Toshiba and others.

Current and former Apple executives, moreover, say the company has made significant strides in improving factories in recent years. Apple has a supplier code of conduct that details standards on labor issues, safety protections and other topics. The company has mounted a vigorous auditing campaign, and when abuses are discovered, Apple says, corrections are demanded.

Apple’s iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China - NYTimes.com

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