Conditions at Foxconn – Should we care?

Daniel Appelquist Posted on January 31, 2012 Posted in Politics, Technology No Comments

I was greatly moved yesterday after listening to the This American Life episode on conditions at Foxconn, the plant in China than makes (among other things) iPhones, iPads, and most other Apple products. I just made a post on Facebook relating to this and a related Forbes article and I encourage you to chime in there or here. Is this just “business as usual,” or is there something wrong happening here that needs to be fixed?

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Conditions at Foxconn – Should we care?

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