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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
Yes. Absolutely. The last threatened suicides at Foxconn had to do with the Xbox.
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Those were threatened suicides over layoffs, not actual suicides over working conditions. And you are ignoring the deaths from explosions and the deaths from working with toxic chemicals.
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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
The reason the attention is on Apple is because they are the biggest company and will get the most readers; most of the evidence suggests that it is better to work on Foxconn's Apple production line than it is to work at other Chinese factories. Which is not to say that it's like working in the west at all.
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Which evidence is that?
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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
If you investigate this issue *at all* - and reading one NY Times article doesn't count - you will find out that - again, for China - Apple is one of the more progressive companies.
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Apple ignored their own code of conduct for the past 5 years. They wouldn't even allow people to investigate the problems. They received reports about the bad working conditions that led to the explosions before they happened but they ignored them. This is not progressive.
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Originally Posted by Andrew H.
The fact that the NY Times didn't investigate Foxconn's Nook or Fire production line does not mean that they are not as bad or worse than Apple.
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What makes you think that they didn't investigate?