Ethical Issues In Foxlann: A Look At Foxconn

showed nice facilities such as a internet café, bookstore, lounge, and swimming pool, but all were missing something that you expect to see; human interaction. The pictures were empty which doesn’t make sense if there are 450,000 employees. Also, smoking is a common pass time in the workplace in every country, where fellow employees talk, flirt, complain about their boss, and have a solid human interactional break. At Foxconn however, they smoke alone in the shadows with zero human interaction. Another large ethical problem that the vast majority of outsourcing companies have is the low salaries for employees. Most employees are migrant workers and aren’t eligible for in house health care or education benefits. To most workers, the current wage seems very high because they are migrants, but in reality they can’t

Even though Jobs didn’t comment on these tragedies, some iPhone workers feel even MORE lost and sad after they found out that Jobs passed away. SACOM, as mentioned above, is known for exposing Apple and Foxconn issues like these. Even after Job’s passing, SACOM continues to give out harsh words regarding issues inside Foxconn. Another incident at the iPad factory included a few explosions where groups of people were hurt. A worker named Jia quoted in Global Post said that “Previously I actually felt wonderful to work for Apple, who promised to be green and socially responsible, but they 're just flaunting the bright side. They don 't show respect for the laborers. No apology and no responsibility for us. I feel more uncertain now Jobs is dead. I had some hope but I 'm just too insignificant compared with Apple, Inc.” In June 2010 when suicides seemed to be getting more frequent, Steve Jobs decided to step in and try to improve conditions. Job’s was quoted at the “All Things Digital” convention on June 1, 2010 saying, “We’re on top of