We aren’t talking about working conditions in, say, Nebraska. It Isn’t Just Apple. The media seems to think that Apple is the only company that makes use of Foxconn for mass-producing goods. This simply isn’t true; other electronics companies (including Amazon, Microsoft and Sony) work with Foxconn. Because Apple is the biggest company, not only in terms of how much they’re ordering from Foxconn but also in terms of, you know, being the biggest company in the entire world. What goes on in Foxconn isn’t, as a point of fact, Apple’s responsibility. Sure, they have one hell of a big stick to make Foxconn do what it wants, but beyond that Foxconn isn’t part of Apple. Sure, Apple could threaten to leave Foxconn, but what then? Until the rest of the world can match China in terms of sheer export powers, Apple is going to do business with Foxconn. Does It Really, Genuinely Matter?
http://iphone.appstorm.net/general/opinion-general/foxconn-working-conditions-and-how-much-we-all-really-care/
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