in contemporary China are the signs to all the corporations which rely heavily on cheap Chinese labours that adaption of new business strategy‚ management style‚ and corporate structure is urgent. In 2010‚ a series of tragedies among workers at Foxconn in China has again proved the necessities to initiate fundamental changes in accordance to the new social and economical conditions in China. A total of 12 deaths and 2 suicide attempts pointed out severe issues of Foxconn’s policies and management
Premium Management Change management Foxconn
the business to choose. INTRODUCTION TO FOXCONN All the Apple products‚ including Apple iPods‚ iPhones‚ and MacBook series are manufactured globally‚ but the biggest factory with which Apple contract to make products is Foxconn Technology Group in Shen Zhen‚ China. Foxconn Technology Group‚ also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.‚ Ltd is the world’s biggest manufacturing conglomerate by market revenue. It has its walled factory city of 270‚000 Foxconn employees in Shen Zhen‚ and in that factory
Free Apple Inc. Foxconn
Apple iPod in China Stephen Frost1* and Margaret Burnett2* 1 Department of Asian and International Studies‚ City University of Hong Kong‚ China 2 Corporate Environmental Governance Programme‚ University of Hong Kong‚ China Keywords: Apple; iPod; Foxconn; China; sweatshop; Hon Hai; supply chain; electronics Introduction to the Case A ll material in this case is based on publicly available information. The case is intended to be used for both research and teaching purposes. The authors make
Premium Foxconn Apple Inc. Steve Jobs
global forefront. Businesses are challenged to act beyond their economic well-being‚ with the ethicality and sustainability of a firm determined largely based on its ability to meet the “Triple P bottom line” of People‚ Planet and Profit10. In 2012‚ Foxconn Technology Group‚ a supplier to electronics giants Apple‚ Microsoft‚ Sony and Amazon.com16 came under public scrutiny for multiple unethical issues. Foxconn’s “hellish” work environment was criticized. It pushed employees to work excessive 60-hour
Premium Business ethics Apple Inc. Foxconn
from Korea and Taiwan‚ chipsets are from Europe and the rare metals are found from Africa and Asia. After the materials have been acquired they are sent to China mainly Foxconn City where they are manufactured. (Duhigg & Bradsher‚ 2012). The unscratchable glass screen was perfected by Apple engineers in Kentucky and sent to Foxconn City where they are assembled.(Duhigg & Bradsher‚ 2012). While 90 percent of the parts needed are found elsewhere the software and the marketing of that software in the
Free Apple Inc. United States App Store
References: 1. About Foxconn. (2007) Retrieved 27 Sep 2012‚ from http://www.foxconn.com/CompanyIntro.html 2. Caldari‚ K. (2007). Alfred Marshall’s critical analysis of scientific management. History of Economic Thought‚ 14(1)‚ 55-78. 3. Locke‚ E. (1982) The Ideas of Frederick W. Taylor: An Evaluation‚ Academy of Management Review‚ 7(1)‚ pp.14-24. 4. Marshall‚ A. (1919). Industry and Trade. London: Macmillan. 5. Moore‚ M. (2010). What has triggered the suicide cluster at Foxconn? Retrieved from http://blogs
Premium Scientific management Frederick Winslow Taylor The Principles of Scientific Management
Introduction Foxconn Technology Group was founded in 1974‚ under China’s Taiwan’s Hon Hai Group. A motherboard shipment currently is the second highest in the world. Foxconn Technology Group is the world’s 3C (computers‚ communications‚ consumer electronics) in the largest foundry field with the fastest growing and the highest rated international group evaluation of the U.S. Fortune magazine named the world’s best reputation for the benchmark 15-strong e-business and the company becomes the
Premium Management Organizational culture Organizational structure
Executive Summary This report provides a critical discussion of the ethical problems in the case of Foxconn Technology Group event. the suicides of Foxconn’s workers in 2010. ethical problem for the human resources department in foxconn‚ such as employees would work more than seven days in a row without the required 24 hour break‚ and the company cannot give them enough working conditions. And discuss the ethical issue between stakeholders and the staff‚ like overworked employee doing
Premium Ethics Human resources
How is Foxconn proof that Globalization has negative impacts and how could Foxconn behave more ethically? – A case study. Table of Contents Research Question 1 Table of Contents 2 Abstract 3 Introduction 4 The Case Study 5 Approach 13 Bibliography 14 Abstract In this case study I have looked into how Foxconn is an example of how globalization has a lot of negative effects and not only positive effects. I have looked into how globalization does make nations more
Premium Multinational corporation Population growth World population
2010 suicides in the Chinese Foxconn factories‚ which are the main suppliers for Apple‚ and the IPhone5 strikes that occurred in the beginning of October. All of these events were as a result of the workers’ poor living conditions‚ inadequate health care benefits and a load of overtime hours. Apple’s speedy response has been triggered by the growing global concern regarding Foxconn’s unethical practices towards its workers. Apple has agreed to work along with Foxconn and the Fair Labor Association
Premium Ethics