Foxconn

Apple Inc.’s iPhones is dominating in the smart phone market segment, and the only two competitors were Samsung and LG (the hardware side). When it comes to the software, Google’s Android had been the only threat to Apple’s IOS software. But the situation now seems to be changing for Apple, after Google Inc., has launched its smart phone “Pixel”. Situation Primarily, the tug-of-war appears to be between Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Pixel, or perhaps, between the big players in the smart phone…

The business environment of Lenovo is expanding to $30Billion global personal technology company with 27,000 people and customers in 160 countries. Wall Street Journal describe the market share progress of Lenovo as “A Market share Juggernaut”. Because the worldwide market share of Lenovo growing year by year 2009 worldwide market share is 6.5% In 2012 it’s increase to 13.1% Main factor of this success is it’s “Protect and Attack strategy” Lenovo’s channel chief Chris Frey defines this…

inequality that is a key political issue. Also most of its manufacturing is done in China. If any bad political relations happen with China, the company may suffer. Another issue occurred between Apple’s workers and suppliers. Its biggest supplier Foxconn was under investigation of a large case of suicide cases. In May 2010 due to its long working hours the stress caused two workers to lose their life and about sixteen were injured due to an explosion in the facility…

there are disadvantages to using Taylor’s theory. It is argued that methods used put constant pressure on employees, in extreme cases lead to suicides and people quitting their jobs, even though they needed the money. A report in 2012, as regards Foxconn, a Chinese electronic production company for iconic labels such as, Apple, Sony and Nintendo states that ‘five per cent of workers, or 24,000 people, quit every month. Moore, M., 2012. In 2010 Foxconn’s employees said, conditions were…

Table of Contents Content Page No. Introduction 1 Literature Review 2-4 The Research Methodology 4 Limitations of the Study 5 Overview of Apple Inc. and its Activities 5 Apple’s Ethical practices 5-6 Ethical Issues at Apple Inc. 7 Affirmations of Unethical Business Practices by Apple Inc. 8 Recommendation and Conclusions 8-9 Reference 10 Introduction Companies should not relinquish morals for benefits, rather; ethics should drive business towards productivity. In any case, because of the…

household name, but what most people might not know is how Apple treats their employees. The factories that Apple uses do not pay the employees for the over time they are forced to work, the companies say that the worked over time is voluntary (Bilton). Foxconn which is one of the companies that Apples uses is not a great company. This is said on Foxconn’s working conditions “Time off is usually only used for rest as people regularly work shifts of 11 to 13 hours. Working hours are so long that…

Family business management: The three circle success model "The simple insight of the Three-Circle Model was revelatory for our family. We finally understood that these three groups are related, but distinct with their own perspectives, and that if one circle is unhealthy in its approach, it will affect the others." - 5th Generation Family Business Leader Family business is the oldest and most common model of economic organization. The vast majority of businesses throughout the world—from…

In this book written by author Martin Ford in "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future he talks about the threat of job loss and economic difficulties that future use of robots are putting on the workers. Do you like your job? Are you easily replaceable? What about a robot taking over your job? These robots are coming for pretty much any job from fast food to sorting boxes in a factory. Are these robots getting too smart, too flexible and too convenient? Well,…

thinking where they came from. The sweatshop is usually far away from the consumer. The consumer can feel separate from the people who made the product. In 2009, fourteen Chinese workers killed themselves (Guo et al., 2012, p. 486). They worked for Foxconn, which makes iPhones for Apple (Guo et al., 2012, p. 486). People who buy an iPhone in Canada would not think much about those suicides. They are so far away and the company name is so different. They would not usually think “Those people died…

To better understand the category of consumers who excessively consumerism, one will need to identify the four characteristic of a binge or excessive consumer. First, one who falls into excessive consumerism demonstrates difficulty building past history and therefore, they struggle to evaluate their actions for their future in terms of cost and benefit analysis (Biling 373). When a person purchases an iPhone 4s then a iPhone 5 the following year, buying the iPhone yearly starts to become a habit…