Apple’s Asian Supply Chain

The part of Apple that remains rather rotten

Apple CEO Tim Cook visits an iPhone production line at the Foxconn facility in Zhengzhou, China, in 2012.
Photographer: Bowen Liu/Apple Inc. via Bloomberg

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By Adam Satariano

February 27, 2015 at 8:10 PM UTC

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This article is part of the February 23, 2015 issue of businessweek.

Apple recently released its ninth annual audit of working conditions in the factories of its suppliers in Asia. The company has a long way to go to fix problems related to abusive recruiting practices and discrimination against women, but excessive overtime is declining.