http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-02/news/31019111_1_foxconn-iphone-labor-agency

Following our discussion on Tuesday regarding the iPhone and Foxconn’s 17 suicides, I decided to look for articles that took the opposing point of view.  I looked for articles that supported Foxconn for their work and one article I liked in particular was “Apple, Foxconn and your iPhone” by Joshua Greenman.  Greenman takes a global perspective on the issue by basically saying economics are relative.  The standards we have here in the United States are very different than those in China.  Working conditions, from our perspective, may be very poor, but that doesn’t stop Foxconn from being able to easily employ almost a million workers.  Also, Greenman emphasizes the simple yet complicated word of ‘choice’.  I can’t help but agree with him when he concludes his article with the idea that Chinese men and women choose to work at Foxconn because it is what’s best for themselves and their families.  Although Foxconn does not provide the best working conditions, what Foxconn does provide is opportunity.  As tragic as the suicides were at Foxconn, I believe that Foxconn is doing a good job in providing its million workers with food and homes, for as long as the workers choose to work there.