At the beginning of 2020, allegations of human rights violations were made against the company O-Film Technology, one of Apple's Chinese suppliers. The latter is said to have used Uyghur Muslims in its factories, taking advantage of the situation of this ethnic group to carry out forced labor.
For its part, the digital giant Apple claims to have taken this announcement very seriously. Even before the intervention of the American Department of Commerce on July 20, the company set up an internal and independent investigation to shed light on the actions of its supplier.
An “independent” investigation
Started in March, this investigation was to rule on whether or not O-Film Technology violated the human rights of its employees by imposing forced labor or working conditions contrary to international laws.
After carrying out surprise audits at the beginning of the summer, the apple brand assured that it “found no evidence of human rights violations” within its company's factories. Apple claims that the investigative work was carefully carried out and that employees were heard directly in their original languages.
A sanctioned company
O-Film is a very important supplier for Apple as it produces screens, fingerprint sensors, but also cameras for the Cupertino brand. After an investigation by the New York Times published a few days ago, the company O-Film was sanctioned by the American administration for having used a system of forced labor in its factories, vis-à-vis the Uyghur minority. This case obviously reminds usthe case of Foxconn factories, long accused of forced labor and working conditions well beyond Chinese law.
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