Ethics of Apple
Ethical Behavior of Apple
Apple was founded in 1976. Apple and its subsidiaries manufacture and design marketing mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players along with related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. (nytimes.com)
Ethical or unethical behavior in the workplace of Apple as a company has been up and down with some controversy. Apples ethics have been noted as being unethical in the past and recently Apple has been accused of overworking employees long hours and having dangerous working conditions in its suppliers in China. Recent ethical behavior of Apple was the touring and visiting of Foxconn factories in China to monitor the work conditions there. On the unethical side poor working conditions there have gone on for years with numerous accidents and fatalities. Apple has recently done audits of these companies and given pay raises to the workers there. Not until recently, has attention been given to do something about the problem. (ethicsbob.com).
Apples CEO & his personal ethics have affected the company in different ways. Apples’ CEO is Tim cook. He has incorporated his personal ethics into Apple. One article quoted him as being highly ethical while I have seen some instances in the news that show other examples of ethics. It has been stated that Tim Cook has imprinted his leadership into to all aspects of Apple. (9to5mac.com). Recently, people have been tying Tim Cook’s ethics into his decision of turning down stock dividends worth $75 million dollars. He turned down what some would call an excessive compensation that a lot of companies have been offering their CEO’s lately. Some say that Cook used this opportunity to show the companies ethics and improve its image due to the current work conditions going on in its Chinese production. It was stated that cook may be trying to improve or make Apple’s social image look better. One
Apple was founded in 1976. Apple and its subsidiaries manufacture and design marketing mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players along with related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. (nytimes.com)
Ethical or unethical behavior in the workplace of Apple as a company has been up and down with some controversy. Apples ethics have been noted as being unethical in the past and recently Apple has been accused of overworking employees long hours and having dangerous working conditions in its suppliers in China. Recent ethical behavior of Apple was the touring and visiting of Foxconn factories in China to monitor the work conditions there. On the unethical side poor working conditions there have gone on for years with numerous accidents and fatalities. Apple has recently done audits of these companies and given pay raises to the workers there. Not until recently, has attention been given to do something about the problem. (ethicsbob.com).
Apples CEO & his personal ethics have affected the company in different ways. Apples’ CEO is Tim cook. He has incorporated his personal ethics into Apple. One article quoted him as being highly ethical while I have seen some instances in the news that show other examples of ethics. It has been stated that Tim Cook has imprinted his leadership into to all aspects of Apple. (9to5mac.com). Recently, people have been tying Tim Cook’s ethics into his decision of turning down stock dividends worth $75 million dollars. He turned down what some would call an excessive compensation that a lot of companies have been offering their CEO’s lately. Some say that Cook used this opportunity to show the companies ethics and improve its image due to the current work conditions going on in its Chinese production. It was stated that cook may be trying to improve or make Apple’s social image look better. One