So much for you "not replying further" ;-) Apple wasn't the first to audit production lines, but it does have some special problems. For a start, its "big bang

So much for you "not replying further" ;-) Apple wasn't the first to audit production lines, but it does have some special problems. For a start, its "big bang" event-based marketing model puts exceptional stress on pre-launch production, and on Foxconn when it needs to find 200,000 or so extra staff. There are other aspects, too. (1) Apple markets itself as a "good" company, which invites criticism when it behaves like any other brutal capitalism corporation, or worse; (2) Apple's $200 billion cash pile means it has no excuse for the frequently appalling treatment of Chinese workers; (3) Tim Cook has said that Apple is responsible for everyone in its supply chain. So the lame excuse that "everyone does it" doesn't apply. The bottom line is that Apple knows perfectly well that its guidelines are not being followed, and that it can afford to treat its workers better. But if it's not being hammered in the press for it, it really doesn't care.