Twenty-five years after the start of the first CSR programs, they form an international multi-billion-dollar industry. But unsafe, illegal conditions continue in supply chain factories throughout the world. “Corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs began in…
Market leader in chip making TSMC is expanding. As the smartphone market is cooling, the company is looking into producing chips for High-performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Co-Chief Executive of the Taiwanese company,…
The company expects a transformation towards a holding company to have undesirable effects on shareholder value and long-term growth. Since November 2016, Samsung has been discussing the idea of simplifying its capital structure. This matter…
The ‘gold in your hands’ petition is part of a campaign initiated by the Stop Child Labour coalition, asking electronics companies to take action against child labor in gold mines. The campaign informed over 1…
Apple considers to join iPhone assembler Foxconn in its bid for Toshiba’s chip-making business. Apple might invest several billion dollars in order to buy a stake of at least 20 percent. The Taiwanese company Foxconn,…
In response to Apple’s 10th Supplier Responsibility Progress Report in 2016, Dr. Jenny Chan shows the limits of corporate self-regulation in China and highlights the responsibility of governments, corporations, unions and public consumers in protecting…
In order to develop a guide with good practices in relation to the management and disposal of hazardous substances, Mr. Baskut Tuncak, Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council, is requesting input from governments…
The article ‘Intern Labor in China’, authored by Dr. Jenny Chan, describes the increasing importance of student interns as a source of labor in the Chinese labor market. These internships are unpaid or underpaid and…
‘Made in China’ is a quarterly journal on Chinese labor, civil society, and rights. The new edition, ‘Fare Thee Well, Chinese Civil Society?’ is out now. “With the arrest of yet another activist, the airing…
Minerals that are used for every day products like smartphones, laptops and TVs are often tainted with human rights abuses like child labor and the financing of armed conflict. Existing laws and regulations to keep…