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Originally posted by SeenMyShare
reply to post by FreeSpeaker
I'm sorry but I can't agree with that. Apple KNOWS better. Just because Chinese law allows for blatant disregard for human life does not mean that its ok for Apple to kill Chinese citizens and despoil their environment for generations to come by their actions. Apple should have taken the moral high ground and done what was right, except they don't care.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
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Originally posted by SeenMyShare
reply to post by FreeSpeaker
I do agree with re: Apple being a symptom and not the disease. Apple would never have been able to get this far without the "gotta have it" attitude of consumers. Consumers fueled this and consumers need to be the ones to de-fuel it.
To stop this insane and inhuman practice we need to change the laws the monster corps can play by because they wont change otherwise.
Apple is the symptom, not the disease.
Originally posted by wayno
Good luck trying to get China to change its laws, at least directly.
Originally posted by wayno
Change the way enough companies operate and you have a chance of convincing the Chinese to change their laws, or at least you give support to environmentalists within China.
Hewlett Packard, British Telecom, Samsung, Sony, Siemens and Alcatel were credited as being the most responsive to third-party inquiries about alleged environmental violations. "Apple can say it is completely 'green' because it is a brand with no factory, but if it doesn't manage its supply chain, these are just empty words," said Ma Jun of the Institute for Public and Environmental Affairs. "Far from being the best on planet, it is bottom among 29 IT brands. Apple should be a leader. If it can move on this, it can change the whole industry."
Originally posted by FreeSpeaker
reply to post by SeenMyShare
This topic comes up all the time and this must be the third thread of its kind I have replied to.
The problem is CHINA - not APPLE!
Apple complies with chinese labour laws. Period! Its not apple hurting those workers, its thier own government who allows such conditions to exist for the sake of $$$$$. Get China to overhaul their labour laws and this problem goes away.
Companies operate within the laws. Change the laws and you change how they operate. You are never going to convince a monster corporation to go above and beyond whats required. Any CEO that suggested such a thing would feel the door hitting him on the arse mighty fast.
Originally posted by purplemer
Originally posted by FreeSpeaker
reply to post by SeenMyShare
This topic comes up all the time and this must be the third thread of its kind I have replied to.
The problem is CHINA - not APPLE!
Apple complies with chinese labour laws. Period! Its not apple hurting those workers, its thier own government who allows such conditions to exist for the sake of $$$$$. Get China to overhaul their labour laws and this problem goes away.
If you turn your argument around then it was America not BP that caused the blow out...they supplied the licence and new the risks...