Tim Cook: Apple is dedicated to the advancement of human rights and equality

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by notjackma • 12 years ago

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valarauca12• 12 years ago

A bit of fact checking.

1) Tin Mining:

There is an IDH workgroup for Tin. It was founded in August of 2013. The 2013 impact report [1] from the IDH doesn't actually contain the word tin. Also the tin division has released no press releases or news other then its founding.

[1] http://www.idhsustainabletrade.com/impact

:.:.:

2) Supplier Responsibility.

The program has only existed for 8 years.

"Our Supplier Code of Conduct was already one of the toughest in the electronics industry, and we made it even stronger [...] We drove our suppliers to achieve an average of 95 percent compliance with our maximum 60-hour work week." (This program started in 2012, after the 2010 foxconn suicides).

18 out of 240 factories now have employee eduction programs. This represents ~270,000 out of the estimated 1.5 million workers (18%).

13 out of 240 factories now supply their workers with clean water (5%).

The IDH work group Apple Founded certified all Tin Smelters they source from are "conflict free".

Apple publicly states bonded (indentured labor) that goes on for a time longer then 30 days is a humans rights violation. But only ~16% of its indentured labor follows this guide line.

[1] https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple_SR_2...

notjackma4• 12 years ago

The 'code of conduct' is a sham:

Foxconn and Pegatron issue fake payroll slips to hide long hours, threaten workers to tick boxes saying they consent to working nights, overtime is mandatory, ID cards are illegally confiscated leaving workers trapped at the plants.

The employee education program is a joke. Employees are herded into a hall, shown some slides and then asked to take a test. The answers are shouted out and repeated in unison by everyone. Thus everyone scores 100% and passes.

valarauca12• 12 years ago

I'm pointing out that even if they were doing it correctly, and you gave Apple the benefit of the doubt. Their current successes have no reached enough of their supplier chain to brag about, or make the claims they did.

So even if your only source is Apple. Apple's claims don't stack up with their documents. A.K.A. lying though your teeth.

notjackma4• 12 years ago

This is a letter which Tim Cook et al issued to Apple UK staff after the BBC's documentary unit, Panorama, went undercover into the iPhone factories.

Terrible working conditions in continue to exist, contrary to public statements made by Tim Cook, and the supply chain continues to make use of child labor wittingly or unwittingly.

When an Indonesian tin supplier to Apple is asked about Apple's environmental policies his response was "Bullshit Apple. Apple Bullshit".

[1] BBC iPlayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04vs348

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DanBC• 12 years ago

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notjackma4• 12 years ago

Done, thanks for the heads up.

Tim Cook: Apple is dedicated to the advancement of human rights and equality

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