Apple and its manufacturers

Event Date: Event Title: Event Description: 01/01/2005 Apple Code of Conduct created The code Apple published that year demands ?that working conditions in Apple?s supply chain are safe, that workers are treated with respect and dignity, and that manufacturing processes are environmentally responsible.? 08/18/2006 Daily Mail first documents Foxconn violations in Longhua Foxconn manufatures the iPod nano and shuffle in inhospitible working conditions. Apple subsequently audited the factory and ordered improvements. Link to article 01/15/2008 Foxconn forestalls BSR effort to improve employee feedback In 2006, BSR, along with a division of the World Bank and other groups, initiated a project to improve working conditions in factories building cellphones and other devices in China and elsewhere. Foxconn agreed to participate but made many demands for concessions in a pilot program to create worker "hotlines" to report issues . in January 2008, a day before the start, Foxconn demanded more changes, until it was clear the project would not proceed, 01/01/2010 n-hexane use injures 137 137 workers at an Apple supplier in eastern China were injured after they were ordered to use a poisonous chemical to clean iPhone screens. 06/02/2010 Steve Jobs defends Apple's supplier relationship despite worker suicide attempts ?I actually think Apple does one of the best jobs of any companies in our industry, and maybe in any industry, of understanding the working conditions in our supply chain,? said Mr. Jobs, who was Apple?s chief executive at the time and who died last October." ?I mean, you go to this place, and, it?s a factory, but, my gosh, I mean, they?ve got restaurants and movie theaters and hospitals and swimming pools, and I mean, for a factory, it?s a pretty nice factory.? 05/01/2011 Explosion in Foxconn's Chengdu plant Aluminum dust buildup, owing to iPad production spike, causes explosion. 4 killed, 18 injured 01/13/2012 Apple releases list of suppliers 01/24/2012 Apple posts record profits Apple reported one of the most lucrative quarters of any corporation in history, with $13.06 billion in profits on $46.3 billion in sales. Its sales would have been even higher, executives said, if overseas factories had been able to produce more. Timespan Dates: Timespan Title: Timespan Description: 01/01/2007
to 12/31/2007 Apple audits 39 facilities 01/01/2008
to 12/31/2008 Apple audits 83 facilities 01/01/2009
to 12/31/2009 Apple audits 102 facilities 01/01/2010
to 12/31/2010 Apple audits 127 facilities

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