Kenneth Walker
10-2-11
Ms Casey
Business Administration
I think it would be interesting to learn more about why Joel Johnson was at Foxconn factory; and to discuss how Johnson being there relates to corporate responsibility and corporate policy. The reason being to find out why Johnson was at Foxconn , what is going on at Foxconn, and why is this happening.
What is Foxconn? Foxconn is a plant in Shenzhen, China. The single largest private employer in mainland China that manufactures consumer electronics. It manufactures different electronics such as motherboards, camera componets, mp3 players excetera. Foxconns output accounts for nearly 40% of the electronics industry. The company employs about 1 million people nearly half whom work at the 20 year old Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, China.
Two summers ago Americans had never heard of Foxconn. But that would all change due to suicides. There had been a few since 2007. Then a spate of nine between March and May 2010. The suicides had all been jumpers. There were also suicides at other Foxconn plants in China. The company disputes some cases evidence gathered form news reports and other sources indicates that 17 Foxconn workers have committed suicide in the last past half decade . Which seemed to be a serious of isolated incidents which was becoming an appalling trend. One jumper left a note explaining that he committed suicide to provide for his family. Reports from inside the factories warned of sweat shop’’ conditions; old allegations of forced overtime burbled to life. Foxconn and it’s partners notably Apple found themselves defending factory conditions while struggling to explain the deaths. I guess this explains why Johnson was at Foxconn.
Another reason why Johnson was at Foxconn was to find out if the Iphone helped cause any deaths. Foxconn are business...
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