Supply Chains

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Supply Chains

InstitutionClaim Cited

Foxconn at Zhengzhou: the iPhone ramp and the limits of closed-loop production

Zhengzhou's ‘iPhone City’ joined Apple's product calendar, Foxconn's manufacturing system, local-government infrastructure, labor agencies, and a vast migrant workforce. During the 2022 iPhone 14 Pro ramp, workers' flight and protest showed how readily production volatility moved into pay, housing, health, and freedom of movement—and how weakly workers' reports changed the ramp until departures and protest disrupted production.

How did a product launch schedule travel through Apple, Foxconn, local government, labor brokers, dormitories, and migrant workers—and where, if anywhere, could workers use their knowledge to change it?

Foxconn Electronics Contract Manufacturing Supply Chains Migrant Workers

Organizational CaseClaim Cited

Rana Plaza and the Bangladesh Accord

The Rana Plaza collapse exposed a garment supply chain in which commercial power traveled across borders while responsibility for building safety stopped at the factory door. The Bangladesh Accord answered with a binding brand-union agreement, independent inspections, public corrective-action plans, remediation duties, worker training, safety committees, and complaints. It changed the governance of physical safety without resolving poverty wages, freedom of association, buyer pressure, or protection beyond covered factories.

How can responsibility for worker safety be made to follow the commercial power that organizes a global supply chain?

Rana Plaza Bangladesh Accord Garment Workers Supply Chains Occupational Safety