Citation

Hebert DJ, Crowley GR, Trudeau NJ. Journal of Private Enterprise 2018; 33(4): 45-60.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018)

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Abstract

Conventional wisdom suggests that efforts to improve the lives of workers within oppressive labor conditions would be viewed at least neutrally, if not positively. Recent work, such as Powell (2014), counters this assumption. Our work extends this idea, applying it to deleterious effects on employee action rather than on employee opportunity. Specifically, we look at the case of Foxconn employee suicides in the spring of 2010. We conclude with a cautionary note: that public influence is indeed a powerful tool capable of much good, but that care must be taken to prevent it from being misused, even if unintentionally. © 2018, Fayetteville State University. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

Public opinion; Media; Foxconn; Apple; Employee suicide; Unintended consequences