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Disappointing Results From Apple's Supply Chain Audit
By Christopher P. Sciacca
Expert Author
Article Date: 2010-03-25
Apple recently issued its annual Supplier Responsibility report for 2010 and they are getting some bad press for it. IT blogger Engadget writes, "The findings are pretty damning on the whole, with more than half (54 percent) of all factories failing to meet Apple's already inflated maximum 60-hour work week, 24 percent paying less than the minimum wage...
37 percent failing to respect anti-discrimination rules, and three facilities holding records of employing a total of eleven 15-year olds (who were over the legal age of 16 or had left by the time of the audit)."
While these are certainly nothing to be proud of, the fact that Apple is bringing these results to light should be applauded. Not every company with a supply chain even does such an audit, so the fact that they do, is a step in the right direction.
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About the Author:
Christopher P. Sciacca is located in Brno, Czech Republic where he is the
manager of strategic communications for Europe and Africa for IBM's global
delivery business. His responsibilities include helping global delivery
employees across Europe and Africa understand IBM's strategy and how they
contribute to it. He is also introducing the latest in Web 2.0
technologies including virtual worlds and social networks to employees to
help them make connections that count globally. He is also responsible for
external communications, where he works with members of the press,
academia, government officials and analysts to help them understand IBM's
strategy of becoming a globally integrated company.
He currently keeps an acclaimed and widely read blog called "Why supply chains rock?",
which takes a simple, yet entertaining look at the impact of supply chains
on daily life.
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