Tim Cook tokarg över artikel i NY Times. "Det här är mot våra värderingar!".

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Tim Cook tokarg över artikel i NY Times

"Det här är mot våra värderingar!"

Vi berättade häromdagen om de senaste anklagelserna mot Apple att alla som tillverkar Apples produkter inte har det så där fantastiskt bra. Vi har hört historien förut men den här gången hade NY Times intervjuat folk som tidigare arbetat på Apple. Tim Cook läste så klart artikeln, blev toksne och skickade ett mail intern på Apple som nu har läckt ut.

"Som företag och som individer, vi definieras av våra värderingar. Tyvärr har vissa människor ifrågasatt Apples värderingar idag, och jag skulle vilja ta upp detta med dig direkt. Vi bryr oss om varje arbetare i vår globala leveranskedja. Varje olycka är djupt oroande, och eventuella problem med arbetsförhållandena är oroande. Varje antydan om att vi inte bryr oss är uppenbart falskt och kränkande för oss. Som ni vet bättre än någon annan, anklagelser som dessa strider mot våra värderingar."

"Vi kommer att fortsätta att gräva djupare, och vi kommer säkert hitta fler problem. Vad vi inte kommer att göra - och aldrig har gjort - är att stå still eller blunda för problemen i vår leverantörskedja. På detta har du mitt ord.Till dem inom Apple som tar itu med dessa frågor varje dag, ni har vårt tack och beundran. Ditt arbete är betydande och det är förändrat folks liv. Vi är alla stolta över att arbeta vid er sida."

Sorry för den snabba översättningen, men ni förstår nog ändå att karln verkar på riktigt arg och förolämpad. Vi får hoppas att detta inte är ett spel för gallerierna helt enkelt utan att folk som gör prylarna faktiskt får det bättre och bättre.

NY Times publicerade i sin blogg The Lede några kommentarer på artikeln från kineser.

"If not to buy Apple, what’s the substitute – Samsung? Don’t you know that Samsung’s products are from its OEM factory in Tianjin? Samsung workers’ income and benefits are even worse than those at Foxconn. If not to buy iPad – (do you think) I will buy Android Pad? Have you ever been to the OEM factories for Lenovo and ASUS? Quanta, Compaq … factories of other companies are all worse than those for Apple. Not to buy iPod – (do you think) I will buy Aigo, Meizu? Do you know that Aigo’s Shenzhen factory will not pay their workers until the 19th of the second month? If you were to quit, fine, I’m sorry, your salary will be withdrawn. Foxconn never dares to do such things."

"It’s ridiculous that the local government is trying to promote the city’s image while horrible accidents are still happening like this. If what is prohibited in the U.S. is highly protected here by the local authorities, we will never be treated with dignity.""Without Apple, Chinese workers will be worse off. I hope China can some day soon have dozens of its own companies like Apple, who (only) work on high-end research and development and send manufacturing lines to Africa.""If people saw what kind of life workers lived before they found a job at Foxconn, they would come to an opposite conclusion of this story: that Apple is such a philanthropist.""Apple has gained so much sales revenues from China. Do you think the company really cares about the conditions of those workers? I think they are just proud of having an Apple product.""If the story is simply blaming Apple and Foxconn, then it is simplifying the problem. Other companies including HTC, Lenovo, HP and Sony, and their OEM (original equipment manufacturer) companies such as Wistron, Quanta and Inventec, share the same situation."

Jag rekommenderar en läsning av kommentarerna, de är av blandad karaktär och en del är rätt udda, som den ovan som hoppas att kineserna ska slippa slita i fabrikerna och istället låta afrikanerna göra det.

Team,

As a company and as individuals, we are defined by our values. Unfortunately some people are questioning Apple’s values today, and I’d like to address this with you directly. We care about every worker in our worldwide supply chain. Any accident is deeply troubling, and any issue with working conditions is cause for concern. Any suggestion that we don’t care is patently false and offensive to us. As you know better than anyone, accusations like these are contrary to our values. It’s not who we are.For the many hundreds of you who are based at our suppliers’ manufacturing sites around the world, or spend long stretches working there away from your families, I know you are as outraged by this as I am. For the people who aren’t as close to the supply chain, you have a right to know the facts.Every year we inspect more factories, raising the bar for our partners and going deeper into the supply chain. As we reported earlier this month, we’ve made a great deal of progress and improved conditions for hundreds of thousands of workers. We know of no one in our industry doing as much as we are, in as many places, touching as many people.At the same time, no one has been more up front about the challenges we face. We are attacking problems aggressively with the help of the world’s foremost authorities on safety, the environment, and fair labor. It would be easy to look for problems in fewer places and report prettier results, but those would not be the actions of a leader.Earlier this month we opened our supply chain for independent evaluations by the Fair Labor Association. Apple was in a unique position to lead the industry by taking this step, and we did it without hesitation. This will lead to more frequent and more transparent reporting on our supply chain, which we welcome. These are the kinds of actions our customers expect from Apple, and we will take more of them in the future.We are focused on educating workers about their rights, so they are empowered to speak up when they see unsafe conditions or unfair treatment. As you know, more than a million people have been trained by our program.We will continue to dig deeper, and we will undoubtedly find more issues. What we will not do — and never have done — is stand still or turn a blind eye to problems in our supply chain. On this you have my word. You can follow our progress at apple.com/supplierresponsibility.To those within Apple who are tackling these issues every day, you have our thanks and admiration. Your work is significant and it is changing people’s lives. We are all proud to work alongside you.Tim

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