Apple has never faced more scrutiny over its foreign labor practices than it has with the recent attention paid to factories owned by Foxconn Technology. The New York Times discussed the issue in a 4,500-word story last weekend, and “This American Life” and “ The Daily Show” recently aired blistering segments on labor abuses and employee suicides at Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that assembles an estimated 40 percent of the world’s electronics, including Apple’s iPhone, at its factories on mainland China.
The heightened scrutiny has not been lost on Apple, which has announced two new initiatives aimed at pressuring Foxconn and other global suppliers to improve working conditions.
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