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Discussion questions
1. Does Apple have any responsibilty for activites taken om its behalf at Foxconn?
2, Did Apple do enough in response to the problems itfound at Foxconn?
3. Were the problems at Foxconn failures of governance, executive supervision, or management?
4, Foxconn had raised its basic wages four times in the past three years and in some areas doubled
the starting evel pay. Since labour is no longer cheap, should Foxconn invest in automated
Production lines to keep its competitive edge?
As corporate sustainability becomes increasingly important, systems are being developed
to manage the masses of data involved in producing regular CSR and sustainability repors
Software has been developed to use companies’ existing intranet facilities to collect and col
late the necessary information.
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Responsibly. 2nd edn, Oxford University Press Oxo
Botton Dianne and Suzanne Benn (2012 Key Cont
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