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This isn't an Apple thing, it is an Industry thing. > Major customers of Foxconn include or have included: Acer Inc. (Taiwan)[49] Amazon.com (United States)[1

This isn't an Apple thing, it is an Industry thing. > Major customers of Foxconn include or have included: Acer Inc. (Taiwan)[49] Amazon.com (United States)[12] Apple Inc. (United States)[50] BlackBerry Ltd. (Canada)[51] Cisco (United States)[52] Dell (United States)[53] Google (United States)[54] Hewlett-Packard (United States)[55] Microsoft (United States)[56] Motorola Mobility (United States)[53] Nintendo (Japan)[57] Nokia (Finland)[50][58] Sony (Japan)[59] Toshiba (Japan)[60] Vizio (United States)[61] Everyone and their mum. I would expect companies missing from this list to still be using another `instanceof Foxconn`. <sarcasm>But worry not, they're right on top of this problem</sarcasm> > Insiders report that thereafter, although the frequency of suicides decreased (_mainly due to Foxconn's installation of nets making it more difficult for workers to jump from their dormitories_, along with the development of workers' collective resistance), such suicides have continued to the present. (from article) Wow. How's that for a "FTFY"? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Major_customers http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxconn#Major_customers

DanBC 12y ago
Installing nets isn't necessarily a terrible thing. Suicide is often impulsive and so suicide prevention often features mechanisms to reduce access to methods of suicide. Installing nets is one example. Of course, once you've retrieved someone from a net you need to give them access to other interventions and I'm guessing these are missing for Foxconn workers. Sadly, they're also missing for a bunch of people in different countries.
- mercurial 12y ago
  At the same time, when people commit suicide at their workplace, it's often a message. If the suicide rate at the workplace is high enough that you need to install safety nets, it may be viable as an emergency measure, but it's a symptom of what should be considered a complete failure of management. Of course, if you consider your employees as cogs in the machine, it's only expected. Once you squeeze an orange sufficiently, no more juice comes out and you can discard its remains.

DanBC 12y ago

Installing nets isn't necessarily a terrible thing. Suicide is often impulsive and so suicide prevention often features mechanisms to reduce access to methods of suicide. Installing nets is one example. Of course, once you've retrieved someone from a net you need to give them access to other interventions and I'm guessing these are missing for Foxconn workers. Sadly, they're also missing for a bunch of people in different countries.

mercurial 12y ago
At the same time, when people commit suicide at their workplace, it's often a message. If the suicide rate at the workplace is high enough that you need to install safety nets, it may be viable as an emergency measure, but it's a symptom of what should be considered a complete failure of management. Of course, if you consider your employees as cogs in the machine, it's only expected. Once you squeeze an orange sufficiently, no more juice comes out and you can discard its remains.