The cries from the media blaming Apple for the conditions at Foxconn are getting out of hand. Blaming Apple solely for the problems at the factory is like blaming one car-maker for greenhouse gasses. It doesn’t make sense. There are many companies and many factors that make Foxconn what it is. Does Apple have a responsibility to the workers are Foxconn? Absolutely. However, I believe that Apple is doing more than any other company out there. They publish reports of audits and also detail things like what it’s doing to rid its products of dangerous chemicals. What are the other companies doing that even compares to Apple’s progress? We don’t really know, because nobody bothers to find out.
This is disingenuous at best. After more than a few days of talking about the astronomical profits that Apple hit in Q4, and then comparing it to everyone else, The Loop turns around and put them on equal footing when it comes to corporate responsibility? If they are making the most money from Foxconn’s exploitative practices, do they not bear more responsibility than most?
As The Loop has also pointed out many times, Apple products are copied every day. Do they not think that as industry leader that if they made a decisive statement, others would copy this as well?
I’m not saying that I disagree with The Loop. Exploitative Labor is something every single consumer embrases and endorses every time they purchase a product, especially a tech product. It’s up to all of us. But praising a company on one hand for doing everything right, and then saying they’re an easy target when criticism comes seems, as I said, disingenuous at best.
Apple’s an easy target, but you can’t blame them for Foxconn
Source: loopinsight.com
