1 How do you feel after reading the short Foxconn case study?

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After reading the short Foxconn case study I feel awful because, it is unexpected in the 21 st
century that such stuff happens in our society. Foxconn is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract
manufacturer and technology Group is better known as Foxconn , as a single corporation it dominates
the world market for outsourced electronics. Foxconn is one of the largest single employer’s on the
planet, with around 1.5 million workers.

Besides these a report founded against foxcon and Apple which was about their harsh working
conditions and the way their staff members are managed. Thy have a military style work regime because
of supplier-dominated relationships. From the case we found an example that when the Apple or Dell
issue model updates or launch a new product, production and work pressures intensify for Foxconn
employees. Many employees were going unpaid but they end up working long 12-hour shifts often with
overtime.

Supervision has been reported that -

Intensive and intimidating with workers having to take time off during low peak periods as a way to
circumvent overtime regulations and protective labor laws. Evidence points to unsafe working
conditions,

Including fatal explosions in some factories,

And other risks causing significant distress and health hazards to thousands of employees;

From the case I have seen that-

Workers who polish the new, shinier and streamlined iPad inhale toxic aluminum dust. In the first five
months of 2010 twelve suicides – attempted and achieved – by distraught employees who jumped from
factory dormitories at Foxconn’s Shenzhen sites. And the company’s response was to install safety
netting between buildings. Company management and the trade union offered counselling to
employees, without fully acknowledging its management responsibilities or addressing the profound
anxiety faced by a young cohort in a highly unequal Chinese society marked by a deep rural-urban
divide.

These situations that happened in foxconn are really awful and it also unexpected because it is 21 st
century and the world has changed our, society has changed, the organizational culture, their working
process and the rules and regulations and laws has been changed, the employee management system
has also been changed and it has been improved a lot. In this particular situation foxconn almost
violated employee’s safety also their work/life balance as well.