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Independent Group Inspects Apple Supplier

An independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started auditing Apple's Chinese supplier Foxconn after a request by Apple. The technology company last month disclosed a list of its suppliers for the iPhone, iPad and other popular gadgets for the first time amid growing criticism over labor and environmental practices, especially in China.

Tabulating the True 'Human Cost of an iPad'

Friday's Wall Street Journal featured an article headlined "Measuring the Human Cost of an iPad Made in China," and what followed is a distressingly good example of the dangers of reporting the world from the perspective of revenue-maximizing alone.