Business Ethics: Apple Apple today is continuing to be a leader in the technological field, with its new innovations of various electronics, along with its ability to make other competitors want to follow in their shoes. With over 408 retail stores in 14 different countries, a company this large is forced to have certain morals and social responsibilities in order to make sure they are functioning as a whole and achieving that one common goal specified by the corporation (Forbes.com). Apple’s ethics recently though have came into question, through the attacks that they are facing regarding work within Chinese factories to produce their products and the child labor laws that they are breaking to make that one iPhone or MacBook. Though, one might argue that Apple has a stronger bond and promise with its consumers because they are the ones providing the profit rather than those that they employ within the manufacturing Countries of their products like China. I believe though that treating each person with respect and acting ethical has its advantages in the long run even if that iPhone they are making might be made in six hours instead of four. In addition, the government has began to crack down on social responsibilities of corporations, helping with societies overall perception of large corporations, such as Apple, promoting the idea that there is more to business than just making a profit and being at the top of your industry. The ethical issues at hand that I will be investigating at Apple are the attacks that they are facing in their factories in China regarding child labor laws, along with the tax violations that are occurring within European countries. Not only in Apple are we seeing labor laws being broken in order to guarantee production of a product and cheap labor, but also in Victoria Secret and Nestle. Apple being hit with allegations of having ethical