Solutions for Communication Problems in the Foxconn Suicides Prepared for: Gou Taiming‚ President Foxconn Prepared by: Prakash Krishnamurthy Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………….3 Company Background…………………………………………………………………………3 Identifying the Problem - Facts of the Case………………………………………………….4 Analysis of the Communication Problem…………………………………………………….6 Recommended Solution………………………………………………………………………..8 Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………
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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
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BlackBerry v. Co-Founders After announcing open for purchase‚ BlackBerry has already agreed to a non-binding offer from Fairfax. Before the deadline (Nov.4) of Fairfax’s offer‚ BlackBerry can still accept higher offer from others‚ thus co-founders of BlackBerry‚ who own 8% shares of BlackBerry‚ are running a bid. Negotiation Environment Number of Parties: Two Parties. One is the rest 92% of BlackBerry’s shareholders (represented by the CEO and the board of BlackBerry). The other is a potential
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Sociology Module code: HS1003 Social Problems in a Global Context AY 2012/2013 Semester 1 A Case Study on Labour Exploitation by Foxconn in China http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-09-26/foxconn-workers-labor-under-police-watch-after-riot-shuts-plant (must print) An essay submitted by Ng Hui Min [U1230824D] A Case Study Background on Foxconn’s riots Since 2010‚ Foxconn was introduced to the world and was under massive public scrutiny for its infamous suicide cases located in China (Shenzhen) responsible
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How To Write an Effective Paragraph A successful paragraph is more than just a collection of sentences related to the same topic. Writing a convincing argument in an essay requires a series of effective paragraphs. Each paragraph should provide details supporting that single point of your argument and then show how the point in that paragraph relates to your thesis. Here is a 3-step formula to writing an effective‚ meaningful‚ and convincing paragraph. The formula is assert-illustrate-analyze
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The analysis of stock prices and financial information 1. Financial Statements For Foxconn Technology Co Ltd (2354) 1.1 Income statement analysis Year over year‚ Foxconn Technology Company Limited has seen revenues shrink from 136.7B TWD to 131.5B TWD‚ though the company was able to grow net income from 7.6B TWD to 8.0B TWD. A reduction in the percentage of sales devoted to income tax expense from 1.47% to 0.41% was a key component in the bottom line growth in the face of falling revenues
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Grace Pyne 1/28/15 Assignment 2 HBS - Foxconn Technology Group Foxconn was founded in 1974 by Terry Gou as Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd. Foxconn Technology Group was the largest and fastest growing multinational company in the EMS industry. Terry Gou designed the factory and housing to exploit cheap land and labor in Shenzhen‚ a major city in Southern China’s Guangdong Province‚ north of Hong Kong‚ and China’s first Special Economic Zone. Mr. Gou demanded intense loyalty‚ telling employees
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PROJECT ON Paul Allen (co founder of Microsoft) Session (2012-2013) Program BBA-MBA 8 (Finance) Mir Mashab Afsar 5664-FMS/MBA/S12 Submitted to Sir Awais Ijaz INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSTY ISLAMABAD Paul Allen (Co founder of Microsoft) Paul Gardner Allen was born in January 21‚ 1953. He is an American inventor‚ investor and philanthropist‚ best known as the co-founder‚ with Bill Gates‚ of Microsoft
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Foxconn Apple computers‚ Nokia‚ Dell and Nintendo are the major suppliers of Foxconn Electronics‚ all of them face ethical issues from this company unfair treatment of their workers. Due to poor working conditions of one of their factories in Shenzhen China‚ workers are committing suicides‚ forced to work long days‚ forced to work overtime‚ paying employees low wages‚ as well as denying workers the right to organize. In order for Foxconn to meet its high production quotas they force these conditions
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company and employees’ performance. Firstly‚ define measures and governance is part of the organization design‚ in Foxconn case‚ Apple has a supplier code of conduct that details standards on labor issues‚ safety protections and other topics to let suppliers supervise the workers‚ which are quite good. But Foxconn not follow these standards to treat the employees‚ so we think Foxconn should give a clearly policy on fairly supervise the works. Secondly‚ Job evaluation system is reflected in the case
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