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Apple faces potential fallout from worker abuses in China
- Middle East: Sunday, January 29 - 2012 at 11:12
Apple Inc. is facing a public relations disaster and the threat of calls for a boycott of its iPhones and iPads, The Guardian has reported. The company's public image has plunged after revelations about working conditions in the factories of some of its network of Chinese suppliers. Earlier this month Apple took the unusual step of releasing a list of all the firms in its worldwide supply chain as part of its 2011 audit of human rights conditions at factories where it has partnerships. However, the company's own list revealed that a staggering 62% of the 229 facilities that it was involved with were not in compliance with Apple's 60-hour maximum working week policy. Almost a third had problem with hazardous waste.
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