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Answer:Apple is committed to the highest standards of social responsibility across our worldwide supply chain.We insist that all of our suppliers provide safe working conditions,treat workers with dignity and respect and use environmentally responsible manufacturing process...This is what Apple states on its website.But some facts are adverse to it:
1)Child labour:Apple has admitted that child labor was used at the factories that built its computers,iPad and mobile phones.At least eleven 15-year-old children were discovered to be working last year in three factories,which supply Apple.
2)Miantaining Poor Standards:The report rated companies on "commitments and policies,based on international human rights standards."Apple was said ro have scored poorly,"due to its lack of governance and oversight over human rights risks,and also lack of clear disclosure of policies affecting users"freedom of expression"