When the Jobs Inspector Calls; Working Conditions in Factories  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8778 (Mar. 2012), page 67-69.
Topik: Business Ethics; Work Environment; Supply Chains; Many Companies; Electronics Industry

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Apple executives must have been delighted when Mike Daisey, the playwright and star, recently retracted his nastiest allegations about the mistreatment of workers making Apple's products in China. Apparently, he did not meet a worker poisoned by exposure to chemicals, or child workers at the factory gate. With its share price soaring as the latest iPad storms the market, Apple might be tempted to forget about the fuss over its labour practices. But that would be a mistake. Any big company that makes things in poor countries faces scrutiny of its supply chain. Campaigners against harsh working conditions (and unions back home that hate competition from low-wage countries) will pounce on any hint of scandal. Horrified headlines can tarnish a brand. Companies need to pay heed. Wages for factory workers in China have been soaring at double-digit rates for years, for reasons that have little if anything to do with Western activists and a lot to do with productivity improvements. But some workers are abused, as even Apple admits. In the past 20 years what has become known as the "ethical supply chain" movement has targeted brands such as Nike, Gap and Coca-Cola. But its army of activists, some in business themselves, are grappling with growing evidence that appointing an outside body to audit and set standards, as Apple has done, is not going as well as it should. Apple could turn into a test case of how to improve things.

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