Apple is a company that has been in busses for a long time they started of making computers for personal use of regular people. Now they make technology that ranges from computers to smart watches. Ethics are principles that a person sets for him or herself that control their actions and thoughts. I believe Apple like most companies in America are an unethical company, but they have tried to become better and maybe they will one day. Apple is an unethical company because of their environmental threat. Research shows that the materials used in Apple headphones can interfere with sexual development “The two most abundant phthalates in the headphone cables of both the iPhone and the iPod are those classified in Europe as 'toxic to reproduction: …show more content…
The main reason they are struggling with their pollution issue is their need in using coal to keep up production and keep their servers up “Greenpeace's biggest issue with Apple was its reliance on coal to power its servers, along with its high (and increasing) estimated electricity consumption.”(Price, David. “Why Apple was bad for the environment (and why that's changing).” Macworld UK, 3 Jan. 2017, www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/complete-guide-apples-environmental-impact-green-policies-3450263/.) But Apple has looked into the issue and is trying to fix this and help not only themselves but other companies that need it too.”Jackson can make Apple the top environmental leader in the tech sector by helping the company use its influence to push electric utilities and governments to provide the clean energy that both Apple and America need right now.” (Price, David. “Why Apple was bad for the environment (and why that's changing).” Macworld UK, 3 Jan. 2017, www.macworld.co.uk/feature/apple/complete-guide-apples-environmental-impact-green-policies-3450263/.)This example shows that Apple could come out as an ethical company be the inspiration of other companies to become more eco friendly with their …show more content…
“Apple's iPhone: Designed in California But Manufactured Fast All Around the World (Infographic).” Entrepreneur, 11 Sept. 2013, www.entrepreneur.com/article/228315.) That creates an issue for the economy since that makes America dependent on China do them manufacturing most things we use. With all the iPhones sold in the world none are made in US which is a lost potential for more job opportunities “70 million IPhones were sold in 2011 none of them were made in America.”(Kabin, Benjamin. “Apple's iPhone: Designed in California But Manufactured Fast All Around the World (Infographic).” Entrepreneur, 11 Sept. 2013, www.entrepreneur.com/article/228315.) As we know Apple is one the richest companies in the world which we would assume can afford to give their employees some benefits but unfortunately the employees have to work in horrible conditions “However, the workers assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices often labor in harsh conditions, according to employees inside those plants, worker advocates and documents published by companies themselves.”(Barboza, Charles Duhigg and David. “Apple's iPad and the Human Costs for Workers in China.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 25
Apple is a king in the technology world; poisoning every area of the industry that they have introduced a product too. They are slowly weeding their competition out. The only a company thrives in the thorn bush market is if they are in cahoots with apple. Apples co-founder Steve Jobs, started the company with all intention of dominating the market. The only obstacle for them is the Anti-trust law created ages ago. Apple, in their attempt to take the market over, has been racking up evidence against themselves. There reach has leaped boarders and even caught the attention of the European Union. Apple is pushing their boundaries and in the future will eventually cross the line in to monopolistic actions.
The history of how Apple was founded gives a clear picture that Apple should be a company that is socially responsible, both to its customers and its stockholders. It is a company that manufactures software and hardware components and is very well known for its series of personal computers, the iPod and its marketing strategies that are always innovative for its products. Everyone finds the history of Apple to be an interesting technological fairy tale of three friends that were once in a single garage and had very humble beginnings. The humble beginnings of the founders of Apple show that the company should be responsible since its founders have to strive so that the company becomes what it is today. In the business world of the modern times, providing a shopping and product experience that is great gets a business very far since if a business wants the customers to make uncountable trips back then, they should be informed that their dollars are doing some good.
This does not seem to be the case when so many companies actually leave their U.S. home factories and build new ones in third world countries. (The Big One. Michael Moore. 1998). Why would any company prefer to stay in America when they could ...
Apple’s Environmental Responsibility Report (2014), it discloses the carbon emissions of the facilities and the footprint of supply
I believe that Apple is a Utilitarianism company because of how Apple makes their products user friendly and make people feel good about their products. Utilitarianism is one of the pretty well known moral theories. Utilitarianism is under the idea of Consequentialism which the view that is all about making the right kinds of overall consequences. Utilitarianism was from 2 philosophers, John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham who were great examples of consequentialism. Utilitarianism means that his purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things such as happiness and pleasure in the world and lowering the amount of bad things such as unhappiness and pain. The two most important Utilitarianism are John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham because they had made a huge impact on the philosophy’s of moral theory, their approaches on economics, social policy and political. Utilitarianism is the choices that people make that is right and makes the overall everyone happy. Utilitarian’s believe that people should choose the option that maximizes utility for example the action that creates the most amount of good. Utilitarianism is thought to be a simple theory because it only has one evaluating principle, act on what makes the best
Few people second guess Apple or their products, their image is well-maintained and the products are widely owned by people of all kinds. However, the process of making these much beloved iPhones and iPads is widely overshadowed by the company’s rate of constant innovation. In a series of articles by The New York Times, journalists attempt to unmask the controversial use of overseas manufacturers indicate a true crisis; a labor-power problem which abuses foreign workers as well as harming mid-wage jobs of consumers in the U.S. Many different lenses can be used to further analyze the structures, relationships and interactions that characterize this phenomena. Figures such as C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels, Pierre Bourdieu, Immanuel Wallerstein and Leslie Sklair.
American companies purposely make their goods in other countries such as India because their labor practices do not meet US standards and can easily be manipulated for maximum profit. By paying their employees extremely low wages, they are still able to manufacture their products. As a result they pull out more profit that does not have to be given back to their employees due to minimum wage laws not being in effect in these countries. In “Distributional Effects Of Globaliz...
The iPhone is created with a display screen that is free of arsenic and mercury, which makes the phone easier to be recycled (Ende). The iPhone is also packaged to help promote efficient shipping (Ende). Consumers have also been concerned with carbon dioxide emissions from the company. Apple has shown an increase in carbon dioxide emissions since the iPhone 4s model to the iPhone 5 model. The iPhone 4s model had 55 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions that were raised to 75 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions for the iPhone 5 over the lifespans of the devices (Ende). The new charging port that Apple uses in the iPhone has also concerned environmentalists. Since the newer iPhone’s require a completely different cable, environmentalists are concerned that an extremely large amount of electronic waste will accumulate (Ende). As it turns out, most people still are not concerned about this problem since iPhone sales have actually grown throughout the
TechFite, known for its production of high-tech goods in Britain, began production in its first overseas factory in Dellberg USA. As TechFite begins its globalization of international economic integration, it soon realizes there are financial and social responsibilities that needed to be addressed in Dellberg.
“For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26) This verse asks the question how can someone profit or take advantage of the world if they damage or lose their character along the way, what is worth more than one’s soul? This question can help one in determining their ethics by balancing what is right, meaningful, and most important to them. Knowing and understanding one’s ethical values is important on the path towards achieving one’s goals.
One way through which Apple may be affected is through changes in government regulations concerning employees compensation and taxes. If foreign countries increase minimum wage for workers and taxes for business entities, the costs associated with manufacturing Apple’s products would increase, and the extra expenses would either be transferred to the consumer through increase in product prices, or the company’s profitability would be significantly reduced. Additionally, most of Apple’s customers originate from overseas countries as the the company operates on a global platform. As such, the company’s activities may be affected by changes in the countries’ laws and regulations(Gong, 2013). For instance, the relationship between the U.S. and China is strained at the moment, and the Chinese government has frustrated Apple’s efforts in providing products to its
One of Apple’s major ethical issues is the problem of labor. This is a very important problem in today’s world because businesses have a tendency to ignore basic human rights in their never ending competition to make as much money as possible. Outsourcing, using child labor, and overworking employees are all major ethical and legal violations committed all the time by many high profile companies, and often unjustly ignored as it is unfair to the people forced to work in such terrible conditions.
The environmental performance of numerous tech companies has been evaluated and since Apple has grown over time, it has received more attention. There has been a frequent campaign against Apple by different environmental organisations such as Greenpeace requesting for the elimination of hardware components that are non-recyclable hardware components, a comprehensive plan that would make the products of Apple not end up in the waste and the removal of toxins from iPhone hardware (Apple Inc. 2016). As much as such campaigns affect the operations of Apple Inc., they are good since they help in the conservation of the environment thus having a good impact on the
The average sweatshop employee is paid as little as $1.12 an hour. (Cooper, Rob. "Inside Apple 's Chinese 'sweatshop ' Factory Where Workers Are Paid Just £1.12 per Hour to Produce IPhones and IPads for the West." N.p., n.d. Web) This amount of money is not adequate enough to match today’s standards. Retail organizations today make more than enough to supply employees for their necessities. The top retail organizations in the nation should not use third world countries to manufacture their products because economically, the companies are able to create more jobs in the U.S, also the safety hazards and abusive management are unacceptable to our standards of humanity.
Foxconn has factories in Asia, Europe, Mexico and South America why is it that only China’s Foxoconn was in highlight and not any other country? While the Chinese factories happened to be the largest factories in China, these factories are also facilitated with dormitories and other infrastructure to host the workers and provide workers to go back at end of the 12 hour shift to relax and reenergize for the next shift. A quarter of the employees live in these so called dormitories. My Case study will analyze how the various news sources revealed the global sweatshop to the world and the reactions by the companies who were using Foxconn to manufacture electronic goods. The Chinese newspaper displayed Foxconn employees having social and psychological reasons leading to suicides whereas US news showed it as human rights violation. Both of them did not acknowledge the social justice and world economy aspects and steps that were taken by the electronics giants to rectify the problems that were being faced in Wuhan, China.