I've recently read a news article which talked about Foxconn and their
supposed abusive labour practices. Foxconn is the maker of a lot of
popular electronics including the iPhone.
This got me thinking, when I go off an buy a motherboard or memory SIMM
or whatever, am I buying a product which has been manufactured by
laborers who work under conditions I wouldn't allow my own family to
work under? Is there any awarness campain or whatever which allows one
to buy some electronic component which was manufactured in conditions
which meet some kind of labor standards? On my part, I would pay more
for my electronic components if I new they were being manufactured using
a by someone who's working under good conditions, not sweat shop like
conditions. Am I being too paranoid about this in the sense that labor
conditions in China are just fine and the workers are well paid and not
over worked?
I think this is on topic for Blu.... Sorry if I'm off topic...
Cheers. Steve.
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