Tim Cook promises monthly reports on Apple supplier working conditions

Re:Tim Cook promises monthly reports on Apple supplier worki... by codemac on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @05:32PM (#3592096)

Either they took worker's conditions very seriously, or they didn't. I have no tolerance for sentences like this:

> Apple takes working conditions very, very seriously, and we have for a very long time.

When put in context of all the stories tha have come out, obviously their "[..] very serious and long [term effort]" is a failure. 84% compliance? with what? _not_ abusing their workers?

I look down on Apple for their deplorable behavior, but I look down on most everyone, so please do not confuse my disgust as a unique disgust with Apple.

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Re:Tim Cook promises monthly reports on Apple supplier worki... by swombat on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @07:07PM (#3592392)

All the other manufacturers are worse. Apple is just the only one who publishes reports about it, and so for some reason they get pilloried for it. Apple does seem to take it more seriously than anyone else in the industry. If anything, they should be commended for their level of transparency and their continued, explicit efforts to improve things.

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Re:Tim Cook promises monthly reports on Apple supplier worki... by catch23 on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @01:25AM (#3593293)

I haven't seen Nike or Reebok show hints of transparency in their supply chain. They probably have harsher conditions than tech manufacturing, but I'm guessing they've learned to keep their worker suicide rates on the down low so nobody throws a fuss. I think it's kind of odd that Apple is one of the few companies with this kind of transparency.

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