{"id":6431,"date":"2012-01-29T13:11:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T12:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/?p=6431"},"modified":"2012-01-30T13:17:06","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T12:17:06","slug":"apple-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2012\/01\/29\/apple-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple hit by boycott call over worker abuses in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on Apple\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/apple\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2012\/jan\/29\/apple-faces-boycott-worker-abuses?cat=technology&amp;type=article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6432\" title=\"Apple hit by boycott call over worker abuses in China\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/120130_apple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a>Apple,  the computer giant whose sleek products have become a mainstay of  modern life, is dealing with a public relations disaster and the threat  of calls for a boycott of its iPhones and iPads. The company&#8217;s  public image took a dive after revelations about working conditions in  the factories of some of its network of Chinese suppliers. The  allegations, reported at length in the <em>New York Times<\/em>, build on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2011\/apr\/30\/apple-chinese-workers-treated-inhumanely\">previous concerns about abuses at firms that Apple uses <\/a>to  make its bestselling computers and phones. Now the dreaded word  &#8220;boycott&#8221; has started to appear in media coverage of its activities. &#8220;Should consumers boycott Apple?&#8221; asked a column in the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> as it recounted details of the bad PR fallout. The influential <em>Daily Beast<\/em> and <em>Newsweek <\/em>technology  writer Dan Lyons wrote a scathing piece. &#8220;It&#8217;s barbaric,&#8221; he said,  before saying to his readership: &#8220;Ultimately the blame lies not with  Apple and other electronics companies \u2014 but with us, the consumers. And  ultimately we are the ones who must demand change.&#8221; <em>Forbes<\/em> magazine columnist Peter Cohan also got in on the act. &#8220;If you add up  all the workers who have died to build your iPhone or iPad, the number  is shockingly high,&#8221; he began an article that also toyed with the idea  of a boycott in its headline. The <em>New York Times&#8217;s<\/em> revelations, which centred on the Foxconn plant in southern <a title=\"More from guardian.co.uk on China\" href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/china\">China<\/a> that has repeatedly been the subject of accusations of worker  mistreatment, have caused a major stir in the US. Although such  allegations have been made before in numerous news outlets, and in a  controversial one-man show by playwright Mike Daisey, this time they  have struck a chord. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2012\/jan\/29\/apple-faces-boycott-worker-abuses?cat=technology&amp;type=article\" target=\"_blank\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence | Country: USA, China | Company: Apple | Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/technology\/2012\/jan\/29\/apple-faces-boycott-worker-abuses?cat=technology&amp;type=article\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple, the computer giant whose sleek products have become a mainstay of modern life, is dealing with a public relations disaster and the threat of calls for a boycott of its iPhones and iPads. 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