My
topic for the research paper is, “The Ecstasy and the Agony of Technology: The
Promise of Apple Products vs. the Realities of Factory Labor Used to create
them.” The reason I chose to write on this topic is that, first of all, Apple
technology is quite intriguing to me, so learning about all these harsh labor
conditions in class, really took me by surprise. So learning that Apples being
such a successful company still fails to give proper basic working rights to
their workers, I decided that I would be doing research on this topic. Because
everybody cares more about having an iPhone rather than where it comes for,
makes this topic even more interesting. Ever when as humans we are always
talking about human right, altruistic values seems to disappear when we talk
about Apple products, many of us not even caring where it comes from.
First source: NY Times Article, “In China,
Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad,” by Charles Duhigg and David Barboza. This
source gives me all the information I need in terms of how Apple workers are
treated, the harsh labor conditions they are facing currently. I chose this
source because it helps me to prove my point that behind Apples products, the
workers behind these apple products are being treated unfairly and paid almost
nothing for the work they are doing. Different scenarios where the workers were
hurt and how many human lives are being lost.
Second source: YouTube video, “Why Apple
Is Committing a Great Sin” Mike Daisey, talks about the condition the iPad is
made in. how shocking it would be for us to find out where Apples products
really come from. Kind of breaking the perfect image Apple lovers have for
their products.
