Unethical business practices by Apple
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The document discusses unethical business practices at Apple, highlighting the use of slave labor and poor working conditions in its supply chain. Despite audits covering 1.6 million workers, violations remain prevalent, including child labor and unsafe working environments. Although Apple has made efforts to address these issues by terminating relationships with repeat violators, significant challenges and a lack of oversight continue to plague its operations.
Unethical business practices by Apple
- 1. UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES IN APPLE APPLE USES SLAVE LABOUR
- 2. CONTENTS • Introduction • Apple uses slave labour • Despite successes, labour violations still haunt Apple • Apple’s latest Audit covered 1.6 million workers- but it employs more • The deeper Apple looks into its supply chain, the more violation it will find • Conclusion
- 3. Introduction • Working excessive overtime without a single day off during the week • Living together in crowded dorms and exposure to dangerous chemical • Two explosions in 2011 in China, due to aluminium dust, killed four workers • Almost 140 injured after using toxin in factory, reports New York Times
- 4. Apple Uses Slave Labour • Apple relies on child slave labour • Working in dangerous condition • Experience unreasonable workload • Humiliating discipline • Used Irish tax loopholes to avoid some taxes
- 5. Despite successes, labour violations still haunt apple • Unsavory labour practices are still being used to build iPhones, iPads, and Macs • Supplier responsibility • Reimbursing unpaid workers • Tackling violations • Apples supply chain • Meaningful oversight is a difficult goal
- 6. Apple’s latest covered 1.6 million workers- but it employs more • Thousands of individual’s working conditions unexamined • Bonded labour fluctuating back • UN as a form of slavery • Unsecured job • Apple forces suppliers to directly reimburse the labours • Eradicated illegal practices
- 7. The deeper Apple looks into its supply chain, The more violations it will find • Apple is making a concrete difference • Overloading is the major problem • 62% of facilities surveyed violating the limit • 7%of audited facilities were exceeding • Terminated relationships with 18 suppliers over repeat violations
- 8. Conclusion • For Apple, however, this is a game of whack-a- mole that no other company even attempts with such transparency. Apple’s employee headcount is not likely to dip anytime soon or at least until those robot factories get going and for the moment the best thing it can do is stay vigilant.