Oh my, Apple Computer has admitted to using children to build computers, Ipods and Iphones. Yikes.
First, as someone who owns a few children, I can not understand how Apple was able to get the children to focus on anything, especially anything electronic. So, first off, congratulations to Apple Computer for finding children who can focus.
Oh, I see, reading the article these children were not American children. It is all so much clearer now.
The good news is that the majority of Apple suppliers no longer hire children. The bad news, that is not 100% of the suppliers are onboard with the whole "no child left behind on the factory floor" concept. I have a few Mac computers. A bunch of Ipods and at least two Iphones. Should I turn my back on Apple?
I think the bigger question is why are companies not more vigilant about who works for them, even as foreign suppliers? These sorts of stories are more than a corporate black eye. It is disgusting when companies could not get away with something in America, so they do it someplace else. No lead in children's toys? Make them in China. Want kids making you Nike shoes? Have them manufactured in Vietnam. Want an Ipod? Ask a child to make it.
These companies would never think of doing this shit in their own countries. This always comes out at some point, but in the meantime profits rule, honor is probably a new body perfume.
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