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WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO

We fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. When we see an injustice we should always fight for what we believe is right. Why should we? Because we can! When I heard how the workers at Foxx Con were being treated and how the company planned on tackling the issue of suicide I was appalled. Furthermore, after doing extensive research I found myself even more obligated to help them because I know they cannot help themselves. If any one of those Foxx Con workers tried to stand up and speak out against the company they could easily be fired. For an American first-world citizen this is not that big of a deal as we can just go off and find another job to sustain us. However, jobs in china are not by any means as readily available as they are to us here. Being fired from a job over there could mean death not only for the employee but also for the employee’s family. That little bit of salary the Foxx Con worker gets is just enough to barely get by. Losing that would be fatal and therefore the workers keep their mouths shut. But this by no means makes them happy. In fact, they are forced to live a life of misery and sadness because they have to. For some of the workers this becomes too much and they eventually are pushed until they crack and kill themselves by jumping off of the top of the Foxx Con building. So in order to stop the workers from killing themselves they just put nets up. The company didn't increase wages or make better working conditions for the employees; they just stopped them from hitting the ground. This is absolutely repulsive to me and its one of the main reasons why I firmly believe we have the obligation to stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves. Because it's the right thing to do and we have the power/tools to do it.

Citations

 

DailyMail

"Inside Apple's Chinese 'sweatshop' Factory Where Workers Are Paid Just £1.12 per Hour to Produce IPhones and IPads for the West." Mail Online. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2013.

 



BloomBerg

"Inside Apple's Foxconn Factories: 'Serious and Pressing' Violations." Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2013.

 

CNET

"Suicide Nets at Foxconn - The Making of an IPhone (pictures)." CNET News. CBS Interactive, n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2013.

 

Mashable

"Mashable." Mashable. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Nov. 2013.

  
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