BigEd wrote:
Normally, when someone dies, one either says nothing or one draws attention to some positive aspect of their life.
Bear in mind that the original Apple microcomputer and the Apple ][ were both important and influential 6502-based designs, and that Steve Wozniak found only good things to say about Jobs when interviewed about his demise.
Is it too much to ask that we act with as much class, at least in a topic such as this?
Friendship is reciprocol or complimentary and I wonder if we hold too high of a value of other people when they were not ethical of those who worked under them.
Foxconn is getting up to 300,000 robots to replace humans in the manufacturing of products because of worker's rights violations, suicides (workers can't talk to one another), and exposure to chemicals.
Should we hold high views and opinions of those who did not respect others who worked under them especially when he belittled people in public who did not agree with him until they broke?
[QUOTE]Little Claws
He said he met employees as young as 12 years old. He met others in their 20s whose hands had devolved into claws, their joints disintegrated after years of 12-hour-plus days.
“It’s like carpal tunnel on a level we’ve never seen,” he said, describing the pressure on the nerve in the wrist that supplies feeling and movement to parts of the hand.[Unquote]
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-18/steve-jobs-gets-dissected-by-muckraking-word-spewing-hulk-theater-review.html
http://images.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/pdf/Apple_SR_2011_Progress_Report.pdf
64 facilities had violations in engineering controls. For example, we
found machines that were missing safety devices, such as gear guards
or pulley guards.
95 facilities had violations in administrative controls. For example,
facilities did not conduct regular safety inspections, and workers who
performed specialized tasks did not have legally required licenses or
certifications.
54 facilities had workers who were not wearing appropriate personal
protective equipment (PPE), such as earplugs, safety glasses, and dust
masks. In some instances, the facility had not provided the appropriate
safety equipment. In others, the workers neglected to use the
equipment or were using it improperly.
47 facilities did not have appropriate first-aid supplies for emergency
situations. For example, there were no eyewash stations in areas where
chemicals were used or stored.
78 facilities did not have properly maintained fire detection and
suppression equipment. For example, access to some fire hydrants
or fire extinguishers was blocked, and some fire extinguishers were
placed on the ground.
81 facilities did not have adequate exit paths for emergency
situations. For example, we found narrow evacuation aisles or locked
emergency exits.
I'd rather be remembered by being ethical in my evaluations rather than being polite at the expense of other people's worth and values (the Chinese worker).
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For some reason, I read/saw/imagined one suicide per 100,000 Chinese.