MACsploitation: Chinese iPod workers' hours cut to a mere 60/week. [View All]

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Apple Computer has said a report of labour conditions at its iPod plant in China found workers did more than 60 hours a week a third of the time.

Staff making the world's most popular MP3 player also worked more than six consecutive days 25% of the time.

Apple said the hours were "excessive" and said its supplier would now be enforcing a "normal" 60-hour week.

The California-based firm said its report found "no evidence of enforced labour" or use of child workers.

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(This story made me check how ethical my computer manufacturer, Hewlett Packard, is, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it and Intel are the only computer firms in the Business Ethics top ten for 2004; 3 and 8 respectively.) http://www.business-ethics.com/chart_100_best_corporate_citizens_for_2004.htm