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Despite recent comments by a Foxconn spokesperson that
Apple
had already investigated and found no problems with the Chinese factory that has come to be known as
"iPod City," BusinessWeek is reporting that the probe is still in fact underway, with an Apple representative reiterating that the company takes "allegations of noncompliance very seriously." According to spokesperson Steve Dowling,
Apple is in the midst of a "thorough audit" of the Hon Hai-owned plant, which had recently
admitted to breaking labor laws concerning overtime, but which continues to
deny other allegations contained in the original Daily Mail exposé. Specifically, Dowling says that the auditors are looking into "employee working and living conditions," conducting interviews with workers and their managers (separately, we hope), and generally making sure that the factory lives up to a supplier code of conduct that supposedly "sets the bar higher than accepted industry standards." This is all very good news indeed, but now Apple faces yet another hurdle in the form of a jaded public highly skeptical of corporate-speak, meaning that whether the investigation turns up violations or not, the company may still have a hard time convincing folks to accept the auditors' final verdict.
[Via
AppleInsider, image courtesy of
Mail on Sunday]
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