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About BOE Technology: "Two suppliers that make components for Apple in China employ forced labor, according to a report published Sunday. The Washington Post s
by yyyk 5y ago
About BOE Technology:
"Two suppliers that make components for Apple in China employ forced labor, according to a report published Sunday. The Washington Post says BOE Technology Group, which supplies screens to Apple, and O-Film, which makes iPhone cameras, both use Uighur labor, either directly or through contractors. Apple lists both companies on its latest supplier list."
https://www.cultofmac.com/688515/2-apple-suppliers-allegedly-used-uighur-muslims-forced-labor-in-china/ https://www.cultofmac.com/688515/2-apple-suppliers-allegedly...
(The original Washington Post report:
"Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-uighur/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-u... )
- jjtheblunt 5y agoThat title is very purposefully misleading, as Apple isn't by any means pro forced labor, just thinks that bill is written wrong: "Apple wants to water down key provisions of the bill, which would hold U.S. companies accountable for using Uighur forced labor, according to two congressional staffers"
- yholio 5y agoThat seems to completely vindicate the notion that "Apple is lobbying against a bill aimed at stopping forced labor in China". It doesn't imply the proposed law is well written, or even likely to achieve its stated goals. Just that Apple is lobbying against such a law.
- jjtheblunt 5y agoI wonder (and do not know) if the issue is that Apple vets contracted manufacturers, and if they later use forced labor after promising not to, in order to win the contract, then it's wrong to sue Apple for the Chinese company's behavior?
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoI by all accounts am an Apple fanboy. Yes Apple should be sued for not doing enough. Keeping me feeling happy for and proud of the devices I use is why I pay them the Apple premium! Yes I want the best hardware and software but most importantly I want zero guilt. To help get myself to zero guilt I’m currently buying (literally) the promise of Apple products in 2030 being net zero carbon and waste (99+% recycled from previous devices). If Apple can’t provide me the least possible guilt with a product purchase, I will use any other company that will even if that means a higher premium. And if I find out Apple lied (even by omission) to me when I bought the product, I feel I’m owed a refund for now needing to feel guilt. And trust me when I say I feel a lot of guilt finding out my purchases knowingly/unknowingly relied on forced labor.
- 1-6 5y agoI’ve unloaded all my Apple shares as a result.
- insanityPls 5y agoWhat a wild ride. I've never known them as an Ethical company so I'm mind blown to see someone who believes it. Not sure how you missed 2 decades of unethical behavior, but reading between the lines: you will get over it and continue to give them money.
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- randmeerkat 5y agoIf Apple isn’t using forced labor then Apple shouldn’t be worried about the bill.
- jjtheblunt 5y agonot a lawyer, but it looks like the issue is the bill asserts that companies who hire companies who subsequent to vetting use forced labor are then faulted for something that changed after the fact. i think the assertion is a company like Apple or Dell etc has to repeatedly reverify that a contract manufacturer is still acting like they said they would.
- randmeerkat 5y agoLike I said, if Apple isn’t using forced labor then Apple shouldn’t be worried about the bill.
- friedman23 5y agoApple is big enough to verify that slaves are not being used to manufacture their products.