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another example is Apple. Their workers are paid well, but iPhones are assembled by Foxconn and if you ever bought iPhone/Mac, there is a chance that worker who
by slt2021 6y ago
another example is Apple. Their workers are paid well, but iPhones are assembled by Foxconn and if you ever bought iPhone/Mac, there is a chance that worker who assembled your iPhone has killed himself[1] due to low wages, stress, and exploitative labor conditions. Simply because Apple needs to maintain high margins and squeezes margins out of suppliers trying to maximize profits. That's why I dont buy apple products.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn_suicides
- kennywinker 6y agoApple definitely profits, and bares responsibility, for using suppliers with abysmal labour practices - but before you rest easy, what phones and computers are you buying? Foxconn manufactures an estimated 40% of all consumer electronics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn) and the ones that aren't manufactured by foxconn are not necessarily made under better conditions. The only workaround I've found for ethical consumption is buying second hand, which dilutes my contribution to these industries a little
- slt2021 6y agoApple is the worst offender by wide margin, because their phones are the most expensive ones and have the biggest sales (=production target). Add the fact that the deadlines on product announcement and shipping are very strict, so the pressure on workers assembling iPhones is the biggest. Stress with assembly of other manufacturers' phones is nowhere near than that of Apple's. Samsung, I think, assembles phones in Vietnam, where labor conditions are better than in continental china.