First, thank you for showing interest in my start-up blog. You are one of the first people to have found my blog. I’m wondering… how did you find this place? What were you looking for when you found this blog?

As for your comment… well… Apple was not using child labor…some of their subcontractors were doing this. My point in this post is that Apple is manufacturing in a very cheap way which exposes itself to these problems. PCs are often made in cheap CMS factories. But PCs don’t have the brand… nor the incredible return-on-sales… that the iPhone has. Most other branded cellphone manufacturers make their flag-ship products in their own factories, so that they can better control their supply chain. I believe Apple does not have the “DNA” to get into manufacturing now. They focus on marketing and development. However, at the least, they should add their own compliance monitoring group on the ground in China. This will help them control quality as well as reduce unethical practices (and EHS violations) in their supply chain.

As for Mr. Jobs… he may be lowest paid, but I believe he gets his wealth from the stock he controls, not his salary of course. BTW, I’m not assigning values onto the CEO of Apple. Well… I do think he is pretentious and arrogant, but most CEOs are that way.