Even though Apple ’s Chinese consumers bask in theluxurious ikon Apple has built for them , their workers oftentimes know far from the high lifetime . While it is n’t that they in a flash put their prole in danger , it ’s that Apple is so slow to respond when matter go wrong .
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NPRhas a lengthy piece regarding the on-going health issues of one Jia Jingchuan , a 27 - year - old former employee at Wintek , a ship’s company that manufacture iPhone parts . He ’s one of the many workers who continues to stick out from nerve damage after being exposed to thenow - illegal N - hexane chemical used in their screen cleaning products . While Apple has sinceresponded to the government issue — among many others — by ostracise the use of the chemical and toast to follow - up with and supervise the discourse of the affected workers , Jia has had to bear for his own aesculapian attention . When he tries to make them , he gets no response . And Steve Jobs wo n’t return his letter . In the meantime , he must get by without a job and without any expectation .
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It add up as a surprise , as this is only one sad chapter in an even long and sadder story . The shadow of the17 Foxconn suicide last twelvemonth , followed by the more recent burst that rocked the Chengdu plant life andtook the life of three people , still looms bombastic over Apple . But Applehas spoken outandtaken stepstowards better the quality of life of their present employees , one would hope as much out of an copiousness of concern for the human being who do work in these manufactory as well as for public relations ’ sake .
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However , Jia ’s fib is probable only one of many that asks how far Apple still needs to go . The company iscurrently place “ all in last”behind 28 other company in China in terms of their responsiveness to employee concerns , according to a 2010 report commission by the Green Choice Alliance . accord to NPR :
“ According to Ma [ Jun , one of the leadership of the Green Choice Alliance , a coalition of 36 Chinese NGOs that tracks pollution reports among international brands operate in China ] most multinational companies go through an evolution in dealing with ill presented by Taiwanese civic society mathematical group : “ from nonresponsive , to somewhat resistive , to at least listening , to a proactive response . ” … Apple , however , has stayed resistant , fighting off attempts by others to uncover whether factories where doer have been poisoned or where pollution is extreme are their suppliers . ”
A striking direct contrast when you deal they ’re a leader in the computer science world , and arericher than the US government .
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It seems to me that Apple is quite adequate to of squashing a few atomic number 59 fires . But they are wanting in the lovingness for the little guy department . I understand that Steve Jobs and Time Cook are in use men , and looking after people not directly in their employ would n’t be very high-pitched on a list of priorities . But it ’s not as though Apple miss for the imagination needed toward aiding multitude in their supplying chain like Jia Jingchuan and anyone else in need . It should not be this direction . [ NPR , Image Credit : AP Photo / Kin Cheung ]
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