Apple's Supplier Code of Conduct: Empowering Workers, Labor and Human Rights, Safety and Health, Environment, and Accountability

This presentation discusses Apple's Supplier Code of Conduct that covers empowering workers, labor and human rights, safety and health, environment, and accountability. It explains how Apple empowers its workers through education, requires its suppliers to handle their employees in a respectable and ethical manner, insists on safe and healthier facilities for all workers, holds its products and processes to the highest environmental standards, and ensures accountability through comprehensive audits and onsite work with suppliers. The presentation emphasizes that following the Supplier Code of Conduct puts Apple in a position of operating as a socially liable firm.

PRESENTATION
APPLE’S SUPPLIER CODE
OF CONDUCT

Introduction
• In order for Apple Inc. to produce high quality goods,
suppliers take the biggest responsibility. Just like the
other departments in the firm, suppliers have duties which
they need to achieve for the organization to operate in
ethically established supplier code of conduct. In order for
supplier code of conduct to be operative, Apple has gone
the extent of supply chain by putting in place its
environmental and social principles.

Empowering workers
• The company empowers its workers through education. Apple
Company is very dedicated to providing and expanding learning
openings to its employees taking part in its supply chain. For
example, from the year 2008 more than 861,000 employees have
taken advantage of Apple’s Supply Employee Education and
Development package. The package provides open trainings i.e.
English, economics and other departments. Currently, Employee
Education and Development package has been extended past the
native tutorial room environment to iPad-based learning program
so as to empower employees.

Labor and Human rights
• With regard to labor and human rights, Apple requires
every of its suppliers to handle their employees in a
respectable and ethical manner (Hollingworth &
Valentine, 2015). Every supplier who does business with
the company is expected to demonstrate the highest
commitment in order to protect workers’ rights. Some of
these comprise of abiding by a maximum 60-hour
workweek. For instance, by the previous year, about 92%
of all the suppliers’ workweeks were much compliant with
the company’s 60-hour maximum standards

Safety and Health for Apple
• Apple Company insists on safe and healthier facilities for
all of the workers. Worker safety is a very vital thing for
the company. According to the new research, it was
discovered that well-trained managers as well as
employees are very important in the company. For
instance, at Apple Company, during 2014, the participants
in the company’s Environment, Health and safety
Academy were able to launch over 870 projects in their
respective facilities in order to improve their working
conditions.

The Environment
• Apple Company holds their products and the processes to
the highest environmental standards. Because of precious
resources that exists, the company is committed in
conserving such resources. For instance, through the
Clean Water Program, the company is able to conserve the
half a billion gallons of fresh water.

Accountability
• Apple gest deeper into the supply chain depart to implement its
social responsibility code policies. Improvement and accountability
are among the main aims of Apple. Because of this, the company
continually strengthens its supplier code of conduct in order to
assist in implementation of a safer and a more ethical working
condition. For instance, in 2014, the company’s auditors conducted
over 633 comprehensive audits. In case of any noncompliance, the
company partners with the suppliers so as to work onsite and drive
the desired change. In addition to this, the company is also
determined to raise the bar even higher.

Conclusion
• Apple’s suppliers are supposed to recognize, assess and run the safety
and occupational health via an ordered process engineering control,
administrative controls, and elimination of hazards. Supplier also need
to offer employees job-related as well as most appropriately preserved
individual caring tool as well as guidelines related to their right
application. When the suppliers follow what is provided on the
company’s Supplier Code of Conduct, it puts the company in a position
of operating as socially liable firm.
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