Apple Case study Exam Questions And Answers

What are TNCs? - ANS Trans-national corporations - companies with bases in two or more countries, who often operate on a vast scale. Give an example of a TNC - ANS Apple Where is Apple based? - ANS California What is Apple valued at? - ANS $2.48 trillion How many countries does apple operate in? - ANS 25 Why do TNCs operate in LICs and NEEs? - ANS lower labour costs What happened in 2010 in Longhua, China? - ANS wave of suicides by Apple assembly line workers in desperation and protest at the appalling working conditions What was wrong with the working conditions? - ANS 12-hour shifts, cruel management and low pay. How many attempted suicide at Longhua? - ANS 18 How many died in Longhua? - ANS 14 What was apple's 'uncaring' response to Longhua? - ANS setting up nets around buildings to prevent further deaths rather than making structural changes + defended it as being within the Chinese suicide rate how can TNCs like apple improve standard of living in host countries? - ANS by introducing environmentally sustainable practices. How many countries does apple run entirely on renewable energy in? - ANS 23 What % of their target does apple run entirely renewable in? - ANS 93% How much landfill waste does apple offset as of 2016? - ANS 96% How much waste has apple recycled? - ANS 1.65 million tonnes Which global (think, scale?) issue does this help? - ANS climate change/anthropogenic Greenhouse effect How many workers does apple employ in Cork, Ireland? - ANS 4,000 Where is apple's design and other quaternary sector work based/concentrated? - ANS Cuepernico (California) where is apple's manufacturing/secondary sector work based? - ANS Foxconn city, China How many people in the supply chain's health and safety have been protected by apple as of 2020? - ANS 2 million How many people have apple trained on their workplace rights? - ANS 21.5 million How many human rights organisations does apple support? (GLOBALLY) - ANS 24 What is often required for tNCs to make changes? - ANS media criticism and public backlash What scales should be considered? - ANS local (i.e. Longhua - bad), national (i.e. China's economy benefits from it), international/global (i.e. climate change mitigation - good, inequality beween lics and hics - bad)