Who Made Your Iphone
Brighton Dube
University of the People
Abstract
Apple has been constantly accused of using child labor in their factories. They have admitted that 3 of its suppliers were using at least 11 underage children. The exact ages and locations where these violations took place have not been revealed.
Keywords: Child Labor.
Who Made Your Iphone
The Apple share price has been zooming up while they have been accused of making use of child labor in their factories. Apple has been accused of “contracting fifteen year olds to work on its factory floors” (Telegraph, 2010).
Ethical Question
It has been argued that Apple is contracting underage workers through its suppliers. This fact raises questions in the public’s minds that is Apple …show more content…
This fact is shown by the penalties that Apple took against the violators of the policies, making them send the minors to school and pay their study fees and an allowance. (Garside, 2013) The fundamental value here is the right to education each child has.
Ethics or the Law.
Apple made decisions based on the laws of the countries where the factories were situated. When one considers the ethics side, it can be argued that in those countries, it was not an unethical behavior for the factories to hire these underage workers, however, in other countries, the practice would have been both unethical and against the law. In most cases, what is unethical can also be unlawful. It can be concluded, therefore, that making decisions based on ethics can have the same result or different result as when based on the law depending on which country the case is being
Brighton Dube
University of the People
Abstract
Apple has been constantly accused of using child labor in their factories. They have admitted that 3 of its suppliers were using at least 11 underage children. The exact ages and locations where these violations took place have not been revealed.
Keywords: Child Labor.
Who Made Your Iphone
The Apple share price has been zooming up while they have been accused of making use of child labor in their factories. Apple has been accused of “contracting fifteen year olds to work on its factory floors” (Telegraph, 2010).
Ethical Question
It has been argued that Apple is contracting underage workers through its suppliers. This fact raises questions in the public’s minds that is Apple …show more content…
This fact is shown by the penalties that Apple took against the violators of the policies, making them send the minors to school and pay their study fees and an allowance. (Garside, 2013) The fundamental value here is the right to education each child has.
Ethics or the Law.
Apple made decisions based on the laws of the countries where the factories were situated. When one considers the ethics side, it can be argued that in those countries, it was not an unethical behavior for the factories to hire these underage workers, however, in other countries, the practice would have been both unethical and against the law. In most cases, what is unethical can also be unlawful. It can be concluded, therefore, that making decisions based on ethics can have the same result or different result as when based on the law depending on which country the case is being