Apple’s Broken Promises

Synopsis: Apple Inc is a valuable brand making products that everyone wants - but how are its workers treated? The programme makers go undercover in China to show what life is like for the workers making the iPhone 6. And it’s not just the factories. Reporter Richard Bilton travels to Indonesia to find children working in some of the most dangerous mines in the world. But is the tin they dig out by hand finding its way into Apple’s products? The programme travels to Indonesia to find children working in some of the most dangerous mines in the world. But is the tin they dig out by hand finding its way into Apple’s products?
Series: Panorama
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2015
Year of production: 2014
Notes: First shown BBC1 December 18 2014.
Subjects: Business studies; Social Studies; Politics & government; Technology
Keywords: business ethics; child labour; China; Indonesia; working conditions; Apple Inc.

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