Apple Islave Case

The iSlavery We iGnore We are very familiar with all of the iProducts such as iPods, iPads, and iPhones, but are you aware of what iSlave means? Probably not. The term iSlave is used by human rights activists to describe the labor conditions at the Apple 's manufacturing plants in China. Sadly, most of us do not even care where and how these products are made as long as we can enjoy the wonders of technology that Apple can provide us. But there is something more behind these dazzled wonders, something that some people have chosen to ignore and some others just really ignore. Whatever the case is the reality is the same, a greedy company making a fortune while the real workers hands are being treated as slaves or should I say iSlaves?
In an attempt to ameliorate, Apple has conducted around 312 audits where more than half of the suppliers have violated at least 70 or more standards of the suppliers code of conduct, and the company web site says that if a supplier does not make changes to after 90 days of being notify about the violations, Apple will terminate the relationship. Nevertheless, less than 15 factories have been terminated since 2007. Also, an advocacy group from Hong Kong report the unsafe conditions at the Chengdu plant, and they specifically pointed out the problem with aluminum dust and poor ventilation, but Apple did not do anything about it. Two weeks later, Chengdu plant exploded because of the aluminum dust. About this incident Nicholas Ashford, an occupational expert from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said:"… If it were terribly difficult to deal with aluminum dust, I would understand. But do you know how easy dust control is? It is called ventilation. We solved that problem a
Steve Jobs dared to say that these are pretty nice factories because they have swimming pools, dormitories, hospitals, movie theaters, and restaurants. Who is going to see a movie or swim after a 12 hours shift and covered by aluminum dust? I think Steve Jobs just forgot to mention how crowded the dormitories are and how expensive the food at the restaurants is. Also the physical conditions of these buildings are not as sophisticated as the products that are made in there. Multiple reports have shown that their ventilation system is not enough to filter all the substances that workers have to use, which means that the air inside these factories is not the most healthiest to breath. Also workers are not provided with any safety equipment and their work stations are pretty basic; they do not have ergonomic chairs or anything like that. Improving these physical conditions is a non-profitable capital that Apple is not willing to waste because it would raise operating values and reduce production effectiveness.