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I’m a little split on the whole Mike Daisey issue; on the one hand theatre should be free to present anything it likes, and use storytelling for effect. On the other hand, up until now, Daisey hasn’t presented anything he’s said as being anything but the truth.
Mike Daisey lied in public radio program This American Life. He basically made up a lot of stuff about Foxconn. This American Life had to retract the whole thing, but Mike says his lies were all for a good cause.
This American Life has retracted its episode about working conditions at Foxconn. Apple challenged the veracity of the reporting in the piece when if first ran in January, and in an episode set to air later today, the radio show will confirm that monologue extraordinaire Mike Daisey made up some of the most shocking facts in his story.
The concept that working inside a Foxconn factory might not be all sunshine and rainbows isn’t entirely new, but an interview with a Foxconn employee reveals one unusual quirk; it’s a lot harder working building the iPhone 4S than it is the iPad.
Apple takes more heat for the labour practices of its suppliers than anybody, but it’s largely a victim of its own success in that regard. The biggest spotlight draws the loudest critics. And as Tim Cook has repeatedly pointed out, the company really does make an effort, starting with an independent audit of Foxconn labour conditions. FWD asks an important, overlooked question: Can everyone else that outsources manufacturing to China and beyond say the same?
Week after week we hear Foxconn horror stories, but Apple’s gadget metropolis is just one place inside an enormous country. Detractors say it’s inhumane; defenders say it’s way above the norm. But what does “bad” really mean inside a Chinese factory? Let’s put Foxconn in context.
US ABC’s Nightline program delivered what they claimed would be an unprecedented look inside the Foxconntroversy: their TV crew would have unfettered access to facilities and people. So what did they expose?
When was the last time you got a 25 per cent raise out of nowhere? Probably not recently! Then again, you probably haven’t been labouring for half a day at a time in a Chinese iPad factory under allegedly god-awful work conditions.
Internships suck. You do menial work for token payment (or none), all in the name of experience. At Foxconn, it’s about the same — but you great free housing and more money.
Tim Cook led off his appearance at a Goldman Sachs conference today with a stirring defence of his company’s efforts to curb unsafe and unfair labour conditions in its supply chain. According to Cook, Apple’s not just good at keeping its suppliers in line; it’s the best. But is it good enough?
