After hearing about the horrible conditions at the Apple
Factory in China Mark Shields, a consultant from Washington D.C., launched a petition
and started rallying for change. New
information has come out about the poor working conditions, unethical
manufacturing practices, immense pressure to meet quotas, and many disputes
over unfair wages. These factories are
run by Foxconn, one of Apple’s biggest suppliers. In addition to these offences workers have
tried to attempt suicides due the terrible working conditions. Once I heard these facts I was horrified. Apple is going down the same road Nike went
down a few years ago. They were also
treating their workers unfairly and it almost bankrupted Nike. I believe these large corporations should
find a new way to make their products which do not include the mistreatment of
third world nations. I think that these
large corporations could come up with new strategies to market their
products. They might have to raise their
prices but they then could state that they do not use any sweat shops and no
body were harmed in the manufacturing of their products.
What do you think about this debate?
Of course after this statement and rally’s took place the
Nike Corporation came out and denied these allegations, but the American people
know that to make the big money; these large companies have gone overseas to
find workers which will work for a lot less than Americans. Also in these third world countries there
laws about working are relaxed. Children
and whole families are working for these companies with endless hours. They try to gain some respect and rights but
when people stand up against the power; they are just fired and replaced.
How do you think these large companies like Nike, Apple, and
Disney could change their manufacturing and marketing strategies, so they did
not have to go overseas to find workers?
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