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In my opinion Apple seems to be going to reasonable lengths to keep its supply chain clean. I think you underestimate the challenge of making sure that supplier

In my opinion Apple seems to be going to reasonable lengths to keep its supply chain clean. I think you underestimate the challenge of making sure that suppliers 2, 3 or 4 levels apart from you play by the rules. I work at a small company that uses, among other things, fabrics in their supply chain and even at the second level it's very hard to confirm simple specifications that are much less interesting or scandalous than the topic at hand. I wouldn't want to imagine how difficult it is to do the same thing when it comes to scandals and issues that the supplier of your supplier 3 levels deep actually really, really wants to hide.

kbart 11y ago
I agree that it's a very hard problem and the change of the whole industry is required to fix it. But I believe, with enough resources and will it would be possible. The problem is, that nobody actually cares -- it's all about PR now only. For example, let's take food industry where regulations are enforced on all levels and restaurant, after poisoning their clients, can't simply say: "Sorry, we didn't mean that, we had no idea these mushrooms came from Chernobyl, but rest assured we won't deal with this supplier again".