1. Do the outsourcing issues facing Apple really concern consumers? Explain. Comment on the results disclosed in Apple’s supplier responsibility report. Should these be disconcerting to investors? 3....

Apple Wal-Mart and Ethical Issues        4
APPLE, WAL-MART AND ETHICAL ISSUES
Table of Contents
Outsourcing Issues of Apple    3
Comments on The Results Disclosed in Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Report    3
Comments on results:    4
Personal Opinion on Apple After Job’s Death    4
Apples Responsibility on the Events of Foxconn    5
HR Related Ethical Violations in Apple    5
Ethical Issues Faced by Wal-Mart    6
Women’s Interest in Management Position    7
Ethical Issue or Not    7
Threat of Unionization    8
Ethical Dilemma between Egoism and Utilitarianism    8
Comparison between Deontology, Teleology and Mixed Frameworks    9
Stakeholders Theory    9
Importance of Some Stakeholders Theory    10
References    11
Outsourcing Issues of Apple
Apple's outsourcing problems affect their customers for a variety of reasons, including the company's national job, employment protection, customer safety, and the company's CSR. To delve further, a customer has a certain level of confidence in the businesses that supply them with goods and services. They have faith in the business to provide them with high-quality goods while adhering to ethical and controlled procedures. As environmental management, labor rights, worker health/safety, and code of ethics laws are violated, it throws a black cloud on the company and undermines the expectations that its customers have (Koene et al., 2019). These aspects have an effect not only on the internal structure of the business, but also on the fields in which the company manufactures its goods. These environments are inhabited by both potential customers and business staff. When Apple
eaks these rules and business practices for the reasons mentioned above, it has a negative impact on the community and the environment. Outsourcing to other areas not only harms their culture, but it also harms other places where the work might have been done in a much safer way while also providing national monetary assistance.
Comments on The Results Disclosed in Apple’s Supplier Responsibility Report
a. 1008 facilities failed to pay staff the co
ect amount of overtime. b. 137 employees were hospitalized due to chemical exposure in the last two years.
c. Average enforcement rate with workers' rights: 74 percent in 2011 and 81 percent in 2013, a 7 percent rise. Workers' average protection and health enforcement rate: 76% in 2011 and 77% in 2013, a 1% rise. The total environmental effect of Apple's supplier code of ethics was 79 percent in 2011 and 77 percent in 2013, a 2 percent decline. Hazardous drug control was increased by 4%, and air emissions were increased by 3%.
d. In their first audit in 2013, Apple's overall ethical approval score was 95%.
Comments on results:
After Steve Jobs died and the facts of the company's manufacturing conditions were published, there was a shift in management. For the very first time, the nation would have seen the information that Apple has been burying for years. I do not agree that enforcement rates in excess of 70% should be accepted. They are trying to improve, but for a business of this size to have so many internal challenges without any sort of punishment is abho
ent. I sincerely hope that since the publication of this report, the circumstances under which this business operates have changed, but this is a remote possibility. It's better to do the complete opposite to mask the negative sides of the production process than it is to
ing in more time and resources to do it co
ectly. In the business world, what is ethical and equitable is not necessarily the cheapest or first choice. Concerning for investors? Despite the fact that these findings show unfavorable reviews on the company's ethical manufacturing decisions, consumers are searching for production and benefit. Investors will continue to pour in as long as consumers continue to buy Apple products and no harsh penalties are imposed due to subpar enforcement data.
Personal Opinion on Apple After Job’s Death
I assume Steve Jobs felt it was unnecessary for consumers to be aware of how his goods were made and processed. It's a negative feature of Apple, and if the corporation isn't legally obliged to share the details also with people, why does he want to reveal the data? With more businesses doing production audits and disclosing all of their cards, it is preferable to be open about the flaws rather than conceal them and risk getting the details published. As time passes, there is a revaluation of media and dissemination, and it is difficult to conceal knowledge in our new culture.
Apples Responsibility on the Events of Foxconn
Yes, Apple should have a responsibility for the events at Foxconn since Foxconn is a multinational producer to which Apple outsources product...