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27th May 2011 on Ethical smartphones tagged ethics, HTC, outsourcing, smartphones, sweatshops

HTC excuses over sweatshops are a bit rich

Taiwanese smart phone manufacturer HTC has had an extremely successful year, on the back of a strong product line. Increased sales at the company have nearly tripled the share price and more than quadrupled the wealth of husband and wife top team Cher Wang and Wenchi Chen in the last year alone. Wang and Chen …

6th May 2011 on Apple-hate, Ethical smartphones tagged Apple, ethics, Foxconn, outsourcing, sweatshops

Giving Apple a fair bite

Tomorrow is Make IT Fair’s day of action, focusing on working conditions in Apple Computers’ supply chain. Apple are the target here as they subcontract most of the work in making their hugely popular iPhones, and they don’t seem to be too fussy about how the work gets done.

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