Apple immediately launched an investigation and worked with their manufacturers to ensure acceptable working conditions.[322] In 2007, Apple started yearly audits of all its suppliers regarding worker's rights, slowly raising standards and pruning suppliers that did not comply. Yearly progress reports have been published since 2008.[323] In 2010, workers in China planned to sue iPhone contractors over poisoning by a cleaner used to clean LCD screens. One worker claimed that he and his coworkers had not been informed of possible occupational illnesses.[324] After a spate of suicides in a Foxconn facility in China making iPads and iPhones, albeit at a lower rate than in China as a whole,[325] workers were forced to sign a legally binding document guaranteeing that they would not kill themselves.[326]
In 2011, Apple admitted that its suppliers' child labor practices in China had worsened.[327]
Workers in factories producing Apple products have also been exposed to n-hexane, a neurotoxin that is a cheaper alternative than alcohol for cleaning the products.[328][329][330]
In 2013, China Labor Watch said it found violations of the law and of Apple's pledges about working conditions at facilities operated by Pegatron, including discrimination against ethnic minorities and women, withholding employees' pay, excessive work hours, poor living conditions, health and safety problems and pollution.[331]
Tax practices
Further information: Criticism of Apple Inc. § Tax practices
Global taxes paid by ASI, 2009-2011[332]
2011 2010 2009 Total
Pre-tax earnings US$22 billion US$12 billion US$4 billion US$38 billion
Global tax US$10 million US$7 million US$4 million US$21 million
Tax rate 0.05% 0.06% 0.1% 0.06%
Apple immediately launched an investigation and worked with their manufacturers to ensure acceptable working conditions.[322] In 2007, Apple started yearly audits of all its suppliers regarding worker's rights, slowly raising standards and pruning suppliers that did not comply. Yearly progress reports have been published since 2008.[323] In 2010, workers in China planned to sue iPhone contractors over poisoning by a cleaner used to clean LCD screens. One worker claimed that he and his coworkers had not been informed of possible occupational illnesses.[324] After a spate of suicides in a Foxconn facility in China making iPads and iPhones, albeit at a lower rate than in China as a whole,[325] workers were forced to sign a legally binding document guaranteeing that they would not kill themselves.[326]
In 2011, Apple admitted that its suppliers' child labor practices in China had worsened.[327]
Workers in factories producing Apple products have also been exposed to n-hexane, a neurotoxin that is a cheaper alternative than alcohol for cleaning the products.[328][329][330]
In 2013, China Labor Watch said it found violations of the law and of Apple's pledges about working conditions at facilities operated by Pegatron, including discrimination against ethnic minorities and women, withholding employees' pay, excessive work hours, poor living conditions, health and safety problems and pollution.[331]
Tax practices
Further information: Criticism of Apple Inc. § Tax practices
Global taxes paid by ASI, 2009-2011[332]
2011 2010 2009 Total
Pre-tax earnings US$22 billion US$12 billion US$4 billion US$38 billion
Global tax US$10 million US$7 million US$4 million US$21 million
Tax rate 0.05% 0.06% 0.1% 0.06%
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