Chang, Chris. The Real Truth Behind Foxconn’s Suicide Cluster. 19 May. 2010. micgadget.com. com Web. 24 Jan. 2011
Treating employees cruelly is not just appear in the delusion like Dollhouse, it also occurred in reality and becoming a popular controversy. The suicide happened in Foxconns com. in Shenzhen, China is a potent example.
Foxconns com. is one of the biggest electronic manufacturers in China, covers an area of 3 square km with 15 factories, dormitories, and even complete place of entertainment and medical institution. Foxconn is developing very fast these years; it makes consumer electronics for a number of famous-name companies like Apple Inc., Dell, Nokia, Microsoft and so on.
However, there are 9 suicides with 7-confirmed-deaths in Foxconn’s factory within half a year since early in 2010, which make the society begin to suspect that Foxconns is using employees overtime illegally. After a reporter from Southern Weekly disguised as a worker for 28 days, he found out the reason why so many workers choose to end their lives. As he said, “Every single one of the workers is living through a life like a clock. They work, they off, they go to sleep, and the next day, they repeat the same thing again. The only way to stop this repeating life is that they end their precious life someday.” Workers in Foxconn com. really had a bad life; they had to work continuously for more than 10 hours a day. The enormous pressure and heavy burden make them feel hopeless. They almost have no leisure time and recreational activities; there life is boring and unanimate.
The Foxconn com. tortures its employees in order to boost the production and gain more profits. However, after the revelation of these scandals, the company’s reputation also got a big hit. Medias all over the world pay attention on this company and report the events. The society and government also criticize the company sharply. Foxconn com. itself had to figure out the ways to prevent any other suicide happen, comfort the employee’s family and make a new and comfortable environment and quantity for its workders.
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