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Even if it's $100 more, personally, I wouldn't mind paying the premium for a product produced under basic-humane conditions.
by backprojection 15y ago
Even if it's $100 more, personally, I wouldn't mind paying the premium for a product produced under basic-humane conditions.
- mattmcknight 15y agoIn aggregate, this would result in fewer products being purchased and fewer jobs. That said, the conditions in these jobs appear to humane- with a few exceptions.
- beatle 15y agoYour Samsung Android smart phone,Sony TV, Xbox, Dell laptops, etc. are all manufactured by the exact same people.
- jules 15y agoHow would that help those people though? Presumably these people are not forced to work in those factories, so just moving their jobs to robots in America isn't going to help them. It would only help them if the premium is going to the workers (and you could probably make do with less than $100: assuming that the workers get $5 of the $6.50, increasing the price of the phone by $100 and giving it to the workers would give them 20x additional salary).
- twelvechairs 15y agoHow about you just charge $5 more and pay the Chinese workers more, get them some better working conditions and stop them working 14 hour days...
- gbog 15y agoI am in China, if you force them to work less most will get a second job.
- twelvechairs 15y agoSorry. not about 'forcing' them to work less, just making sure they can survive (and support others) on 8 hours a day if they choose to. Of course its their choice if they want to work longer and earn more.
- MichaelApproved 15y agoThere are many organizations you can donate that $100 to instead. It may not make the world a better place for those specific people who assembled your particular iPhone but it'll make just as strong an impact someone's life.