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January 14, 2012 01:27 am GMT

Apple Releases List Of Its Suppliers, Discloses Labor Violations

AppleApple has, for the very first time, released a report of its suppliers. There are 156 suppliers listed in the PDF the company published (available here), including big names like Sony, Intel, Samsung and Foxconn (also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.), which dragged Apple's name into the lightover questionable labor practices, when fourteen of the company's workers plunged to their death at the Foxconn factories in 2010.Since then, the company has been under increasedscrutiny, with critics saying it should to be more transparent about the working conditions throughout its supply chain. Today, Apple appears to have answered its critics' calls.

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