um toque de pecado ou um pouco mais (playstation 4)

"Sony’s next-gen games console may be being assembled using some very outdated labor practices. According to Hong Kong’s Oriental Daily, thousands of students from an IT engineering program at the Xi’an Institute of Technology are being forced to work at Foxconn’s Yantai plant assembling the Sony Playstation 4. Students have been told if they refuse to participate, they lose six course credits, which effectively means they will not be able to graduate."

Foxconn admits that student 'interns' worked night shifts making PS4s.

thank god it's christmas-


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sem dúvida interessante é saber que "Foxconn admits it's struggling to deal with China's shrinking workforce, and that it has several other similar programs throughout China." e que "“Many workers are moving to the services sector and, in the manufacturing sector, total demand is now more than supply.”

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outro aspecto interessante é saber porque foi glorificado Jobs, um dos arquitectos deste sistema.