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> NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) -Apple Inc has placed supplier Wistron Corp on probation, saying on Saturday it would not award the Taiwanese contract manufactu

by finger 6y ago

> NEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) -Apple Inc has placed supplier Wistron Corp on probation, saying on Saturday it would not award the Taiwanese contract manufacturer new business until it addressed the way workers were treated at its southern India plant. https://www.reuters.com/article/apple-india-idUSKBN28T0DW https://www.reuters.com/article/apple-india-idUSKBN28T0DW

ilaksh 6y ago
Does that include actually paying them what they owe?
- tedk-42 6y ago
  Apple paying their contractor's employees? That's not how business works. I'm on the side of the workers. Their treatment is dogshit. The target should be placed squarely on the taiwanese company however, not Apple. Apple should have a higher standard, but they can only apologise for the actions of their contractor. If they did that it would make no sense business wise
  - weare138 6y ago
    But at what point does turning a bling eye become complicity? I could maybe understand if we were talking about a small US company that unknowingly contracted out to a sketchy overseas contractor but I have a hard time believing one of the most highly valued and profitable US tech companies like Apple doesn't have direct knowledge of it's own supply chain.
    - tedk-42 6y ago
      They likely do but to what detail? Should they have a line-by-line item of each employee being paid into their bank account each week? Apple can only give guidelines and draw contractual terms. If a supplier is in breach then Apple can go ahead and break the contract and that supplier would lose out on a lot more than just the contract (as is the case here). But to hold Apple accountable for the actions of this company (and it may have only been the finance team being pushed by say, a CFO to show profitability for a quarter before a promotion or something) seems out-of-the-ordinary and unreasonable. They're an easy target but you have to put the bias aside with Apple.

by finger 6y ago

ilaksh 6y ago

Does that include actually paying them what they owe?

tedk-42 6y ago
Apple paying their contractor's employees? That's not how business works. I'm on the side of the workers. Their treatment is dogshit. The target should be placed squarely on the taiwanese company however, not Apple. Apple should have a higher standard, but they can only apologise for the actions of their contractor. If they did that it would make no sense business wise
- weare138 6y ago
  But at what point does turning a bling eye become complicity? I could maybe understand if we were talking about a small US company that unknowingly contracted out to a sketchy overseas contractor but I have a hard time believing one of the most highly valued and profitable US tech companies like Apple doesn't have direct knowledge of it's own supply chain.
  - tedk-42 6y ago
    They likely do but to what detail? Should they have a line-by-line item of each employee being paid into their bank account each week? Apple can only give guidelines and draw contractual terms. If a supplier is in breach then Apple can go ahead and break the contract and that supplier would lose out on a lot more than just the contract (as is the case here). But to hold Apple accountable for the actions of this company (and it may have only been the finance team being pushed by say, a CFO to show profitability for a quarter before a promotion or something) seems out-of-the-ordinary and unreasonable. They're an easy target but you have to put the bias aside with Apple.