TNCS – CASE STUDIES • Royal Dutch Shell in Nigeria • Apple and Foxconn • Others… Apple Inc. • Multinational Corp. • Headquarters in Cupertino, California. • Founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Stats • 2nd largest IT company by revenue. • 3rd largest mobile phone maker. • Fortune magazine named Apple the most admired company in the world in 2008 – 2012. • 2013 Apple surpassed Coca-Cola to become the most valuable brand. • Revenue: 170.910 billion. Criticisms • Environmental Record • Labour Practices Environmental Record • Climate Change and clean energy • Greenpeace released a report April 21, 2011 highlighting that data centers used 2% of global electricity. • April 17, 2012 Apple released a statement committing to ending the use of coal and shifting to 100% clean energy. • In 2013 Apple announced it was using 100% renewable energy for data centers, overall 75% renewable. Labour Practices • 2006 reports of working conditions at factories in China, Foxconn and Inventec, producers of the iPod. • 200,000 workers that lived and worked in the factory. • Workers: 60 hr weeks, $100 per month. Labour Practices • Apple investigated, instituted yearly audits of workers rights. • A number of suicides occurred at Foxconn, workers were forced to sign �no suicide’ pacts. • 2011, child labour practices were also highlighted. • Also – discrimination against women, ethnic minorities, withholding pay, etc. • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/ apple-supplier-accused-of-laborabuses_n_3669526.html?ncid=txtlnkushpm g00000029 Tax • Tax avoidance! Article • http://www.economist.com/node/16231588/ print
Автор
1/--страниц