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I've recently read a news article which talked about Foxconn and their supposed abusive labour practices. Foxconn is the maker of a lot of popular electronics including the iPhone. This got me thinking, when I go off an buy a motherboard or memory SIMM or whatever, am I buying a product which has been manufactured by laborers who work under conditions I wouldn't allow my own family to work under? Is there any awarness campain or whatever which allows one to buy some electronic component which was manufactured in conditions which meet some kind of labor standards? On my part, I would pay more for my electronic components if I new they were being manufactured using a by someone who's working under good conditions, not sweat shop like conditions. Am I being too paranoid about this in the sense that labor conditions in China are just fine and the workers are well paid and not over worked? I think this is on topic for Blu.... Sorry if I'm off topic... Cheers. Steve.
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